Dang. I really thought the Ioniq had something going for it. Sad to see it’s just another on the list of enshittified cars.

They gonna start charging for their exploding engines now too?

I'd be taking it back for a full refund. Fuck that shit.

Think of the money you can extort from your customers with a steady diet of software bugs. It worked for microsoft.

Some day, car companies are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they are software companies with a manufacturing department.

The rest of the software industry learned this the hard way. If you only let paying customers have access to security patches, the effects will spill over to your paying customers and everyone else. It's why Microsoft let's you have "Activate Windows" sit on your screen for years and still gives you updates.

Kia Boyz 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Dang, I really like Hyundai. My past two vehicles have been great. I really liked the Ioniq 5. If they're going to pull this shit, that's a big no from me on the next vehicle.

ah, the subscription model for basic security. lovely. soon we'll be paying a monthly fee just to make sure the doors still lock. guess car companies really are just software companies now, and not the good kind.

Keep in mind that the car-stealing device reportedly costs around $20,000, so the likelihood of it being in the ownership of a thief isn't extremely high.

What is this magic device that costs so much?

Et tu, Hyundai?
Futue te ipsum!

just a reminder that if it’s really obviously stupid then there’s probably more to the story

The Verge now reports that Hyundai is offering a security patch

so this is a story of a story of an offer on the hyundai website to upgrade the cars security

and ive stopped caring this is such sloppy garbage i expect from american technology websites

You can say that again.

I'm going to be in the market for an electric car in the next year or two... I was considering an Ioniq as an option but now I'm not so sure. I'm having trouble finding any EV that doesn't have a massive monitor in place of buttons, doesn't have some kind of subscription, and isn't a privacy nightmare. Not sure what I'll do when the time comes to actually buy...

Dang. I was interested in the Hyundai Casper were it to ever reach the USA...

Kia Boyz 2: Electric Boogaloo