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Fuck Elon. Fuck Tesla.
I was their target demographic and Elon made sure that I never even consider their trash. I went BMW instead.
This is why Elonia is asking trump to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Other car manufacturers started biting into Tesla market share this year.
He want to add tarrifs and he is also asking Trump to remove government subsidies on new EV purchases, raising the barrier to entry in the US for EVs
There's no way he's asking for that. If you can find a source for that claim I'd love to see it. But it's about the dumbest thing musk could do.
Wow... Well I maintain that is about the dumbest thing he could do, but I apologize for doubting you.
BMW lobbies against non-car based infrastructure and car industry regulation here in Germany. Biggest shareholder is the Quandt family, who are descendant from literal Nazis, and now use part of their billions to fund the conservatives (at least they aren't giving it to the far-right. Yet.)
So yeah, fuck Elon, but fuck BMW too.
Yeah fine me a car company that's not like that. Living in the US it's a necessity to have a car so just gonna nix that argument. I bought a Toyota to get ultimate reliability (yes Honda is basically equal) but I'm sure they both have done equally terrible shit. And when I'm not in grad school I want to go back to a BMW because they are great cars to drive. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism so just try to enjoy your life where you can.
On the one hand, sure. On the other hand, if you're saying you bought from brand A, not B, specifically because the big boss of B is a shithead, I feel like it's valid to point out the ways the big boss of A is shit too.
Since everyone is shit, I dunno, buy used, I guess.
"Theres no ethical consumption under capitalism, so what do you expect me to drive a used car like a PEASANT? If i cant consume 100% ethically ill just consume however i want, and i want a fancy german treat car so just shut up okay"
never owned a BMW, or a Tesla for that matter, but I've heard they're just as bad when it comes to being money hungry
A friend bought a new BMW. Everything is controlled with an app. There's also an interface in the car itself, obviously, but the app has more functions.
Things like seat heating, air conditioner, enhanced cruise control and all the fancy things are only available if you subscribe to one of the three offerings.
I just glanced over the app, so i don't remember the names, but it went like the usual: basic, premium, platinum.
Prices were in the range of 200, 400, 700 euros a fucking month.
How is it driving without turn signals? Granted, given they put them as buttons on the friggin steering wheel in the new Teslas, maybe not much different?
I am sad to say that the old joke is becoming obsolete. These new cars are smart. If you try to change lanes without a turn signal, the car beeps loudly to tell you that you have drifted. Our company also has a Sprinter van that will actually pull you back into your lane. Sad times.
Turn signals aren't for you, they're for other drivers. I can't hear the other car yelling at their driver, I just see them decide to cut into my lane with no warning or signal.
Similar vibes than Reddit api pricing
Reddit got the idea from Elon's twitter API fees. This is Elon being consistent(ly terrible).
Another reminder to developers to not bother with public APIs, just screen-scrape or reverse-engineer the official app private API.
So musk pulled a Reddit spez?
Not surprising as musk is a scammer who got incredibly lucky, always has been.
Fuck spez and fuck musk
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Awesome username!
API pricing is such a shitty obnoxious dogshit practice that is now of course becoming standard because of course it is. internet barely costs money come the fuck on make a quality product
It used to be a respected standard for developers and hosts to be somewhat open and friendly to 3rd party devs, because ultimately they're customers and they're helping recruit and retain customers, they should be treated with respect. just because it's innovative and disruptive to invent the machine gun doesn't mean it's good
just because it’s innovative and disruptive to invent the machine gun doesn’t mean it’s good
That's a great Maxim.
The internet (ie bandwidth) is cheap, but running servers, providing documentation and tech support all costs a decent amount of money.
However, treating an API as a profit center is a joke. These are literally companies developing software that makes the experience of owning a Tesla better. Making things unaffordable for those companies is putting short term profits over long term success of your product
But 90k is nothing to Tesla, it's just a paywall to keep the third party devs put while being able to claim to be open
I have the slightest bit of sympathy. So many companies got their shit scraped and fed into AI models. They lost out. They're afraid it will happen again.
They didn't lose anything, that's our data.
I mean, I get your point, that's why I said "slightest". I'm basically just saying I understand their perspective.
stop buying tesla, stop supporting spacex, and stop buying starlink
Starlink is the only decent satellite internet provider
I would have no other alternative for internet access unfortunately
If you're on a boat... fair enough.
Otherwise, look into WISPs... Wireless Internet Service Providers. Great for rural areas, the infrastructure is point-to-point radios, so it's super easy to go large distances without the cost of fiber or copper cables.
Best part is, if you have any neighbors that are interested, they'll often give you a discount if you let them put a sector antenna on your barn/silo. Or they can also erect a short tower if you let them too.
If there aren't any in your immediate area, reach out to ones nearby. They're always looking to expand.
Thanks I'll look into that, never heard of it. I'm on an island
If it were that simple, and they were comparable/better than starlink, they'd be a lot more prominent than they are, no? You're leaving out information.
It really is that simple. I wouldn't chose it over wired, but it's still pretty good. You're going to beat the latency of satellites every time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Internet_service_provider
You could live like the first 2020 years of our timeline.
^^ this. In America the only vote that really matters is the one you do with your wallet.
But what launch provider should I use then?
Boeing? No, I don't think so.
don't use any. space programs are wholly unnecessary
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