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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like that shit with dodgy smoking detection in a hotel from last week..

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yup intentionally using dogy tools to extract more money from people under false pretenses, at this point I'm boycotting any company that claims to use AI, fuck em all

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good luck trying to boycott a car rental company, as far as I can tell they are all actually the same company with 5 different "brands". You rent from one but when you show up they send you to another one who has the car. It's crazy.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Use Turo. You can rent basic or fun/interesting cars directly from the owners.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh yay another bullshit thing. No thanks.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

It's been around for quite awhile. I use Turo more than I use regular car rental services because you actually get to choose what car you're getting and the prices are better.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

Those do exactly what they're supposed to do. They're even explicitly advertised as providing new revenue streams.