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When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They make it go through an app and a cloud service on purpose these days so they have an excuse to upsell you on a subscription.

[โ€“] 50MYT@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Not all brands sell these features as a subscription.

I chased this up with Ford over my car. They said we get them for free for the life of the vehicle, and as long as the 4g it needs to work exists. That's got atleast 10 to 20 years left in it.