đź“° Auto News GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cadillac
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The source article, the one that The Drive and Jalopnik both are referencing, and also the one that did the investigating, has more information:
GM calls $1,500 OnStar plan optional — but new car buyers are being forced into it
GM labels it as an "option" but its new cars now include a $1,500 add-on for a subscription service whether a customer wants it or not.
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It's not a big deal. What is $135 a month when it's adding less than 10% to your car payment?
120 month sign and drive anyways LOL
Fuck everyone and their subscriptions, more incentive for me to never buy a new car again.
at thinking it's 2001 and you can "unplug that shit"
You'd be amazed at the amount of random CANbus codes I get now with the Tech2 hooked up when shit is working.
Not seeing a thread about it (might have missed it searching):
"According to the new Ford patent, dubbed “Billboard Interfaces for Vehicle Displays,” the automaker in tinkering with the idea of using a vehicle’s cameras to read roadside billboards and subsequently display targeted ads related to those billboards’ content on the vehicle’s infotainment screen. Users would then be able to click on a link to give them more information on the ad."
"According to the new Ford patent, dubbed “Billboard Interfaces for Vehicle Displays,” the automaker in tinkering with the idea of using a vehicle’s cameras to read roadside billboards and subsequently display targeted ads related to those billboards’ content on the vehicle’s infotainment screen. Users would then be able to click on a link to give them more information on the ad."
Non skippable ads huh? After a year of ownership my Honda used to do this every 2 weeks when I started the car. An ad to go buy new map data that i get on my cellphone for free. and nothing short of buying new map data would get rid of it except for of course hitting ok, but it would just come right back. No option to ignore future messages
"Just unplug onstar" lol they're making you pay for it when you purchase the vehicle. They don't give a shit if you actually use it
I'm prrrrreeeeeetty sure gm's newer stuff is Android based from when I had to manually reset my blue trucks.
It is. Also on their highest tech newest radios there is about 3 seconds of delay between hitting the google assistant button and it actually being ready to hear your commands.
Weird my truck had Alexa
I mean at least they aren't trying to do it themselves.
My navigator doesn't understand a word I say. I'd rather have a delay and it understand me
At this point, most cars should just have the display and have apple/android car play and just do everything from your phone. Their integrated systems are garbage.
Well, it is android.
Probably powered by a raspberry pi 0, but I wouldnt even say its that powerful.But how would they make money? Cant sell subscriptions to use their tech if they give you a reason to bypass and use your tech that you already pay a subscription for.
I remember someone at work had the balls to tell me Ford Sync was better than Apple Carplay when Carplay came out.
Bill Gates infamously said "you wouldn't buy a car without a car stereo" when the whole anti trust thing happened. I really wonder if that's going to age well at this point.
Fuck all that shit, I just want what amounts to an over glorified blue tooth speaker in my fucking car. Nothing fancy.
Fuck all that shit, I just want what amounts to an over glorified blue tooth speaker in my fucking car. Nothing fancy.
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