New Toyota car owners will need to pay a $8/mo so their key fob can remote-start their car. Cars before 2018 are excluded, because their internal 3G networks are about to go offline, disabling Toyota's remote control. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/12/toyota-owners-have-to-pay-8-mo-to-keep-using-their-key-fob-for-remote-start/
Every car maker is looking for ways to turn a one-time car purchase into a subscription, because technology now grants them remote control of your car. I wrote more about this phenomenon here: https://puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remote-control-car/
Thought experiment: what would a car maker need to be able to do to your car remotely, before you no longer felt that you owned it?
@michel_slm There are current cars on the market that can do all three.
@kyle oh I know. I'm thinking of one in particular from a company owned by an egomaniac
I was about to post https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/12/toyota-owners-have-to-pay-8-mo-to-keep-using-their-key-fob-for-remote-start/
...but I now see that's what started your thought experiment
@kyle anything at all.
@kyle apply software updates without your approval, remotely locking the car without your ability to opt out, sending telemetry without your approval