In the end, the KIA car company made its cars into subscription models, I really hate this because in the end the car we buy with our own money doesn’t feel like it belongs to us. Should we finally buy an old school car ? so as not to be affected by this subscription models or is there a way to crack the software installed in it ?

  • MonkderZweite@feddit.chEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Beside all that, with how absolutely terrible car companies are at providing software updates and writing code, I’d rather have a pull based cloud API thing than a server implementation full of security holes.

    But you have that, except on one central server.

    • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
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      7 months ago

      One central server is easier to update and secure than thousands of cars. Now you have two security boundaries instead of a hundred.

      You can also easily upgrade servers whereas software updates to cars are all done by expensive mechanics (unless you push the over the internet, but then you’re back to having to host a server anyway), and you don’t need to worry about murdering flash storage like Tesla accidentally did or maintain knowledge and workarounds for the terrible custom compiler for the shit tier SoC that was certified for automotive.