• ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The problem is tracking you provides them revenue since they can sell the data, so they make more money with a vehicle that tracks you vs one that doesn’t. A non-tracking vehicle is less competitive if it has to be sold for the same or less money than one that tracks you.

    • Typhoon@lemmy.ca
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      9 hours ago

      Selling vehicles gets you more money than not. Build a car that people can afford and want to drive will earn you money. Tracking you is worth nothing if you don’t buy it in the first place.

      • MycelialMass@lemmy.world
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        The problem is all the manufacturers have decided to track you, theres little to no alternative. I dont know if its proper collusion or convergent shittiness but thats whats happening

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Someone on here turned me on to removing the sim from my electric. Gonna take 15 minutes when I remember to do it when I have time.

          • CandleTiger@programming.dev
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            41 minutes ago

            How well does clipping the antenna actually work?

            If my FM radio antenna rusts and falls off, my FM radio still works. Reception will be shitty but it’s absolutely still usable for nearby or powerful stations.

            When the GPS antenna inside my much-abused phone came loose, GPS got very unreliable but still often worked in a glitchy way.

            If I clipped the external antenna on a car’s cell modem, would it not be the same way? Based on my experience with those other kinds of antennas I’d expect maybe the manufacturer would lose the ability to track me while driving in remote or mountainous areas, but generally in cities or highways it would still connect. Is it not so?