Posted by cadito 5 hours ago
Sure, there's an elevated risk of death, but you've got to balance that against the fact bike go vroom vroom.
1) physically removed the modem (the "DCM") and
2) disconnected the GPS antenna from the head unit
Took a little research but was still an approachable project
Also even with no modem, if you use CarPlay on your phone _via Bluetooth_ then the car will just use your phone's internet connection, so I only use CarPlay via a wired USB connection.
Aside from that the car works great, everything is 100% functional. I suppose I don't get OTA updates, which I'm fine with.
I barely looked it up so I'm no expert, but that's what I'm interpreting from their site.
The infotainment center also has no built-in maps as it relies on Android Auto/Apple CarPlay for everything except climate control and the AM/FM radio.
And you better believe I will ride around on a fucking HORSE before I put up with ads on my dashboard. Screw that noise.
Tried to look at the actual ad-tech and architecture driving this rather than just doing another "touchscreens are bad" rant.
This obviously needs fixing !
The only way to do it is to force you to click "Refuse" or "Agree" each and every time you start the car and to not let you drive until you click an option.
This will be a massive win for consumers.
Maybe it’s not a huge market but I bet there is some market still for a quality experience.
The answer really depends on how much you don't want to be tracked, is it a big concern worth a lot of effort and compromise, or do you just kinda wish it wasn't happening?
If the former, there are plenty of vehicles to choose from the relatively recent past. I haven't looked into it but I imagine a lot of cars could have their phoning home disabled too, and it'd be surprising if all of these cars will be paying for an internet connection/SIM for decades to come so eventually the modern ones will fall off the net anyway.
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-...
The "least creepy" were Renault and Dacia and the "most creepy" were Nissan and Buick.
Apparently there's tools like Privacy4Cars that could help you delete your car. Based on their website, it seems their primary customer is enterprise
This “we reserve the right to do everything” bullshit has got to go.
There is another issue with newer cars too, They have extremely loose piston rings, after X thousand miles they burn as much oil as a 2 stroke.
On the topic however I do wish there was a fully disconnected modern car. Maybe a Corolla with base trim has no starlink?
(You may be able to do this with other Ford models)