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I’ll never buy a vehicle that requires cloud connectivity for anything. Not a problem!
Replying to @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Well, most cars don’t REQUIRE it, but most cars lose features if it doesn’t have network connectivity.
Good luck finding a car made after 2020 that doesn’t have at least one or two features that require the Internet to function.
Replying to @LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
I’ve never seen a car like this. Mine was made in 2021 though so I must have caught the last ship car out lol. What kind of things do cars even use the internet for? I’m struggling to imagine it
Replying to @Zarobi@aussie.zone
Remote start, lock/unlock doors, HVAC, windows, and alarm for basics.
Replying to @sorghum@sh.itjust.works
All things that have worked just fine on cars for like at least a decade before the internet was ever invented. You are describing the exact functions of a key fob. They can even open the truck without the Internet!
Replying to @khepri@lemmy.world
I’ve never seen a fob be able to set climate controls. Either way, I’d rather control my own cloud for the car through home assistant
Replying to @sorghum@sh.itjust.works
That’s exactly what I use remote start for. Just leave your car set to 68 or whatever and then when you remote start it will come up or down to temp. Even on my cheapass Chevy that’s 10 years old I can remote start it (including the HVAC) and also hold the “unlock” to start the defroster. Now I can’t actually change the temp the system is set at without getting in the car, thats true, but that’s a real edge case for me when I can just leave it set at room temp pretty much year round. Even the seats and steering wheel will heat up if I left that on beforehand. But maybe you do have a real need to tweak the temp and A/C values on the daily where you live, rather than just have the car resume where you left it at, I wouldn’t know.