• fury@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    How is the 3G sunset not solvable by just swapping out a modem module for an LTE or 5G one and maybe installing some new modem firmware? A lot of cars are running a Linux kernel under the hood, so I’d think it’s pretty well swap and go

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      3 months ago

      Ah, if only car hardware was modular and standardized… And if you had access to your infotainment system beyond touching the pretty buttons…

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        3 months ago

        Imagine something as outlandish as user serviceable infotainment systems. Like they used to have in the old days. I’m hanging on by a thread to my basic 2014 car which still has a double DIN slot I can put my own system into…some day

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          3 months ago

          I’m lucky enough to never have owned a car without buttons - My newest car was a '19 Benz and they LUCKILY were pretty slow about hopping onto the touchscreen bandwagon

          However, in my comment I meant on-screen buttons anyway, as that seems to be the norm nowadays :(

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            3 months ago

            Hopefully that’ll change, iirc the EU discussed about requiring physical buttons for the highest safety rating a few months ago. Idk how that turned out but if it passed there’s hope

            I love it when politicians in a democracy are doing things for the people.

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      3 months ago

      I think the question is not if it’s solvable, but ‘who pays for it?’ and ‘who can be held accountable if things go awry?’

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        3 months ago

        The company that didn’t see the 3G sunset coming, I would think. I know auto moves slow, but damn…4G was out for what, 4-5 years before development likely started on the 2019 model year?

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          3 months ago

          I’d think so too, but (I assume) you and I don’t have a small army of lawyers and lobbyists on retainer.