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[–] Steve@communick.news 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Not related to EVs at all. Every new, feature rich car, is like this.
Camera systems for semi-autonomous driving, blind spot warnings, and parking assist. Always on cellular connections for maps, navigation, and roadside assistance. The tech has been in most cars for a decade or more. It's the last 5ish years the manufactures realized they could collect all the data and have another revenue stream.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 13 points 9 months ago

They must be loving it, charging customers for 5 subscriptions for 1 car, then sending all that users data from using those subscriptions to advertisers for more profit.

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ok.

does this issue not affect EVs or something?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

All cars. Mostly newer models.

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago

oh okay, so EVs are impacted too?