Mine doesn't. Specifically downgraded big time to a nearly dumb car (AA is the only modern feature and this I can control)
I hope for the future those dumb things will still be built or else I'd have a problem...
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What’s “AA”?
Android Auto, I assume.
Android auto, sorry. I also hate forced onboard navigation that either gets stale or where you have to pay for updates. At least after warranty ends in my case.
or where you have to pay for updates
Some people prefer paying with money over paying with personal data.
Having said that, these days the paid solutions also collect your data ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Exactly...that's why my only viable solution is the AA one. Phone on VPN with a dummy account. Automatically switched to airplane when car off and to my phone's hotspot when car is on. Google has no usable data here. Not perfect, yes.
If you're going to all that effort, why not just use something that's powered by OpenStreetMap like OsmAnd?
Really tried. They just totally suck for us. Sygic isn't great either but way more helpful (with lane-assist or speedcam warnings and such). And the yearly sub costs a tiny fraction of what Bentley would want for a post-warranty service with nav-update 😁
Sadly found no better alternative so far, especially because I effing hate google and have it removed 99,9%.
What do they suck in?
At least what i said above. Comfort-features. The open ones are great, don't get me wrong. But not here and not for cars. At least not for me. Would've otherwise prefered open of course.
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Not OP: I can't give up gmaps because none of the open source maps I tried allow me to search for business name or a type of business (gas station, grocery store etc). I am sure they would guide me wonderfully but I would need to look up the address first and that's less than ideal when driving.
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So.. yours does track you.
No it does not. The AA phone is a dedicated one without SIM and a dummy google account. Whatever they track is not only useless, it couldn't even leave the phone.
And the car itself has no uplink or anything that would need one. The best the onboard system can do is show the time and play radio. Without the phone the car is dumb as a wet rock.
My car doesn’t even shift for me and has no cameras or cellular radios, nor any software that can make internet connections.
If she’s spying on me she’s being quite clever about it.
Interesting, bylaw stuff like this is usually complaint based, active enforcement just creates hostility with the city.
Of course if you’re a common nuisance maybe you should be actively enforced, but it’s not just about having enough staff. There’s a balance between relations as well.
And also, maybe the city should maintain their crap before actively targeting enforcement too….
Cape Coral is turning into one giant HOA?
be nice if someone sued kws for the same shit. there is no real reason they need your name, address,ph no, and ss# just to watch risque videos or play mature-rated games online
Guess I'm glad not to have trash service in my town for once LOL
I prefer to set all documents on fire but maybe do this in a planned way to avoid attention
Ai slop article
Not where I live. Few people even have smartphones and there's no garbage trucks.