In the end, the KIA car company made its cars into subscription models, I really hate this because in the end the car we buy with our own money doesn’t feel like it belongs to us. Should we finally buy an old school car ? so as not to be affected by this subscription models or is there a way to crack the software installed in it ?

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    looking through that list fully half are internal only , or tied to the remote that comes with the vehicle. no 3rd party required.

    i understand all the cellular-required bits… ‘find my car’… but remote start? my brand new vehicle has remote start with no subscription.

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        They’ll make you pay for it, while simultaneously collecting usage data via the app, and further turning a profit off you.

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            It doesn’t matter where the data goes, or if it’s kept proprietary. Businesses wouldn’t collect metrics if it didn’t translate to dollar signs for them. It forms their business decisions.

            And it not being shared with other businesses is only one point of concern from a privacy perspective. Another is that large corporations are hacked or otherwise infiltrated quite frequently, resulting in user data leaks.

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            You assume they are only collecting usage data with their apps, which is typically not the case. Some of them request every permission on your phone just to collect as much as they can.

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            If it was worthless they wouldn’t put a fucking 4g modem on all of them “for free” and siphoning all the telemetry away

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        Yeah my car has remote start. I can do it with no subscription with my remote. Additionally I can pay for OnStar and do it through the app. It also has heated seats and a heated steering wheel, and unlike some brands those aren’t locked behind a subscription since they are literally just vehicle hardware, not cloud services.

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        They make you use the app to get the advertised features. Hyundai/Kia are terrible about this.

        Oh and the entire implementation is half-assed. I bought my Hyundai used and can’t even use the paid features because they won’t transfer the account to me.

        I actually like Hyundai, but I will never again purchase one of their vehicles because of subscriptions and what I mentioned above.

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      I think the remote start is through the Kia app, not the remote. I would imagine the idea is you can turn on the car and turn on the heat when it is cold outside so you can stay in your home a little bit longer.

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      My car offered a remote start on the key fob and even the dealer told me not to buy it because the range was so short. I ended up installing an after market Viper system that is cellular and costs ~$100 per year when I get 3 years at a time. So even the after market solutions have subscriptions. If you need a cell connection you have to pay for it