I’ll never buy a vehicle that requires cloud connectivity for anything. Not a problem!

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.

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

Remote start, lock/unlock doors, HVAC, windows, and alarm for basics.

That doesn’t need the internet though right? Like a button on your key fob would achieve the same effect?

I have two cars made after 2020. Both have a phone app where you can set the internal climate settings in the car. You wouldn’t practically be able to do that from a keyfob.

Both also allow remote starting from the phone, with a setting for how long to let the car run before it turns off again. From a keyfob it’s normally set to 5 minutes with no option to change it.

Both are quality of life features that aren’t really required, but I do use them pretty regularly. If the internet stopped working on either car, they’d act just like any older car that didn’t have those features.