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[โ€“] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I almost bought one too, but something about the car (id7) didn't work for me. I hope they can improve it before my current car breaks down.

[โ€“] fluckx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] vga@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Mostly a feeling, but I think it's due to the control/media systems being too complex. Too much stuff.

I absolutely hated that the car picked up something we said as its control words and told us that it didn't understand what we wanted. Bit of a dystopic moment, especially when it happened right when I was trying to figure out how to work the car.

That AI stuff just 100% positively MUST be opt-in.

[โ€“] timestatic@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Can't you just turn the keyword thing off?

[โ€“] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The first time I'm test driving it? Yeah I guess I could have if I had even known such a feature existed. I learned about it when the car started talking to me.

[โ€“] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

VW also has or had really poor security for their connected car data. So in addition to them selling your data to advertisers, hackers could access it for free

[โ€“] redlemace@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I would never buy a car that is "connected". In general I hate it when a device can listen for spoken commands. And I don't trust those opt-in/opt-out options, I don't think they all follow that setting, they just don't let you know/notice they still listen. (Call me paranoia, I don't mind ;) )