Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 03/05/2024If you observe symptoms of SaaS brain, talk to your medical provider 53972233
Jon @jonkatora.bsky.social · 03/05/2024NGL, this idea is growing on me. If you think about it, Mercedes needed to install beefy equipment to make this work. Beefy equipment @ low operating conditions = longer life components. Give me a $25/day track option and MB can keep my HP while I'm sitting in traffic. 120
wndl "Dumocrat" bl @wndlb.bsky.social · 03/05/2024The SaaS that lets me preheat my Kia EV6 from the app (and a few other features) costs like $200/yr 000
Pop-Pop, the Fez-Cat @toygunhitman.bsky.social · 04/05/2024I hope that somewhere out there is a disgruntled former service tech with a former work laptop and zero loyalty to Mercedes who is willing to just turn the stupid features on for owners for free. 020
🐜 🍯 Anth “unholy” Becker @anthonybecker.bsky.social · 03/05/2024zero margin recurring revenue babyyyyy 0561
Jeremy Clark @jeremyclark.bsky.social · 03/05/2024Gold. Petition for a BSmycarchargesfor account as the descendant of the legendary InternetofShit from the other place. 010
Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 04/05/2024I’m confident that if one company were to introduce a purely analog EV they would instantly take 90% of the market share.heatmap.newsGive Us the Dumbphone EVSimpler electric vehicles would not only be cheaper — they’d last longer too. 150
P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 03/05/2024Taco Bell is out of your Destinations Network. Please visit one of our authorized partners which includes Walmart, Jiffy Lube, and over 5000 other quality locations. Rerouting you now. Drive mode disabled. Please upgrade to Copilot+ to be rerouted. 12416
Dave Thibault @davethibault.bsky.social · 04/05/2024This is the sort of thing that would make car hacking a booming business. 130
Chris Sanders @highlycaffeinated.bsky.social · 03/05/2024Basic Features as a Service Can’t wait for cars to get DLC too 100
Funk As Puck @funkaspuck.bsky.social · 03/05/2024If you have to ask how much it costs for the braking package, you can’t afford it 😳 021
Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/05/2024Pretty soon your entire car will become subscription. * Turn ignition key fee: $1.99/key turn * Opening gas tank lid/charging port: $9.99/mo * Activating brakes: $99.99/day 1010812
Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 03/05/2024I wonder if permanent activation is linked to the car, and therefore passes on to any future owners, or is a license for the person only and ends when they sell it. I suspect it’s whatever makes Mercedes more money! 2190
tom4okstate.bsky.social @tom4okstate.bsky.social · 03/05/2024It should be lawful to jailbreak your car if they're going to put s*** like this on it. 1120
Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 04/05/2024Of fucking course it's Mercedes again. This isn't even the first time they've SaaSified one of their cars 😮💨 010
Busted Ride @bustedride.bsky.social · 03/05/2024Wonder how much they make selling your speed subscription to LexusNexus? *Coughs in GM* 001
James Felix Black @tft.io · 03/05/2024Just to be clear, no consumer on earth wants this. This is just ZIRP brained software envy and it needs to be stamped out wherever it rears its head, even, I would argue, in software. 11042
Patricia 🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @theshrk22.bsky.social · 19/05/2024As if we don’t already pay too much for a car! 000
Hermes Pissmegistus @aleph.bsky.social · 03/05/2024“you fucked up a perfectly good car is what you did…look at it! it’s got microtransactions!” 1422
bold as love @boldaslove.bsky.social · 03/05/2024In the olden days - Intel had two kinds of processors. 1 all functions enabled. 2 some functions crippled & it was cheaper. I wonder if in the near future that will be revisited. 1 all functions enabled. 2 like the car graphic. 380
We're Skroob @pseudonymble.bsky.social · 03/05/2024"Well, based on the volume of your acceleration instances, you're really going to need to upgrade to PaaS. We can install a dedicated acceleration server and a backup for $30,000 with a small $1500 monthly maintenance fee." 030
Kevin James @kmj.bsky.social · 04/05/2024Stuff like this is gonna hopefully radicalize an entire generation to be pro mass transit and walkable cities 040
Harry Campbell @flipdrivel.bsky.social · 03/05/2024This is a real thing? You can hire extra acceleration for your car? 000
Story Stunningham @thepants.bsky.social · 05/05/2024Alligators perfected their evolution and stopped, never had a problem since. Cars I feel have also innovated as much as they can be, but instead of peaceful existence they're trying to "innovate" themselves out of the ecosystem (which hey, go ahead, more public transit please) 110
jake.world @jakedotworld.bsky.social · 03/05/2024There's just no fucking justification for my cars computer to retain the ability to remotely turn off systems of the car like "make it go fast". Nothing about that system needs a connection to the internet. 050
wesbarton.bsky.social @wesbarton.bsky.social · 04/05/2024At least IBM would throw in a racing stripe when you "upgraded" 000
Coba Weel @weel.bsky.social · 05/05/2024WTF I thought for sure this was a hoax so I looked it up and it's real??? shop.mercedes-benz.com/en-us/connec...shop.mercedes-benz.com 000
Rensto 🐻❄️ @rensto.bsky.social · 03/05/2024jailbreak that bitch. JAILBREAK THE SHIT OUT OF THAT BITCH. 080
The Professional Internet Bum says Sic Semper Tyrannis @professionalbum.bsky.social · 04/05/2024This feels like something someone is going to jailbreak and post to GitHub... 010
Thomas Heaney @captainabraham.bsky.social · 03/05/2024Shouldn't you be able to purchase this upgrade with the Experience Points that you generate by driving the car? 040
Wake Hackle @wakehackle.bsky.social · 03/05/2024This is a great deal for bank robbers, only paying for getaway speed when they need it. 000
Michael Ayres @random-coder-1.bsky.social · 03/05/2024"permanent activation" => non transferrable, probably 010
tumulte.bsky.social @tumulte.bsky.social · 03/05/2024Mercedes : be more of a dick on the road and break your vehicle much sooner for the low low price of 90$ a month 030
Cyrus @013enterprises.bsky.social · 04/05/2024This is when you crack that software open like the bitch it is and do your own stuff with it. Man, I wish I had the money to start up my own automaker and just make EVs that respected the owner and driver. 400hp AWD electric hothatch much? 110
Ford “Crash” Mandicoot @inferknow.co · 03/05/2024I recently got a new vehicle and I noticed I had a similar thing pre-purchased. Turns out Kia does this but “includes” sport mode on GT Trim. Let’s lower / alt configs pay 2k to “upgrade”. No try and buy so this one is … interesting lol 010
Lord Juiblex @lordjuiblex.bsky.social · 04/05/2024I assumed this couldn't possibly be true, googled it, and now I know better. Good lord. 030
intracranial aneurysm (spooky, scary) @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 03/05/2024pay to win, but for cars 160
