Remember, some cars have essential systems looped through the 5g antenna. Check whether your car is one of them before clipping it with a pair of wire cutters, costing only $3.
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People gonna start booting their own vehicles.
Man, Ford really doesn't want to sell any more cars, do they? I say let them have their "patent", and ensure that only Ford can do this kind of shit to their customers.
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We will own nothing
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Can't wait for vehicle jailbreaking to become the new norm!
My next car will be a slate truck with no telemetry or something from 1995.
Just slap some tape over the sensors along the bumpers, side mirrors, and behind the rearview mirror. Best of luck to them getting it back to the repo-depot in one piece.
How the fuck can you payent like borrowing a car.
I'll patent borrowing umbrellas.
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Damn, that's a patent?
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I'm not driving anything made after 2010 for the rest of my life, if I can manage it.
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How is this patentable? It's the most obvious thing ever. I saw people talking about it half a decade ago.
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This kind of crazy shit is why my car is manual and has no connectivity except for an FM radio and an OBD port. Also, my other car is bikes.
Anyone remember Stelantis making cars that play you God damned ads when you stop? Yeah...
I'm in the middle of driving a 2026 rental car for two weeks and it has a huge screen for maps, lane keep, adaptive cruise and all that. I hate the screen but like the other new features. The car still runs when it doesn't have cell service. I wonder if I could just open the dash, sever a connection for the SIM card and it still all work or if I would have to pass some voltage through where the sim is supposed to be to keep the ECU from detecting a fault? I can find wiring diagrams online but they don't list anything that seems gps or cellular sounding.
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My old "Natural Rights Management Refrigerator" concept seems less and less nonsensical by the day.
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Time to start chaining the frame to a tree.
Jim Farley has to go.
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Oops! Our bad, you may continue driving down the 5 freeway! Thanks!
Now is the time set ur self with alternative means of transportation; bus, trains and bikes. If you’re traveling use cabs/taxis.
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