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[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 158 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Thank fucking god. Imagine the kind of monetization that would exist inside an Apple car. You think subscription seatwarmers are bad, and they are, but I can guarantee Apple had much worse in mind, and that most companies would simply follow suit.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 67 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or blaming customers for problems, "You're shifting it wrong."

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They would come up with a charging port that only existed in the parking lot of Apple stores

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Also it would on the bottom of the car

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

Deserves a shoop

alt-text: actual Apple Mouse charging via its bottom port

(Interesting, this guy says it gains hours of charge in three minutes, and thinks Apple knew some would leave it plugged it at all times. Intentional sure but not exactly “brilliant”.)

[–] Boingboing@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Just flip it over to charge of course

[–] Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Genuinely, this is the best news I've heard in a while for the reasons you listed. Apple is already fucking up the phone industry with anti-consumer policies that become industry trends. I shudder to imagine how deeply and irrepairably they would have fucked up the car market for consumers.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 8 months ago

Poor people shouldn't drive an Apple car /s

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 8 months ago

Up to a certain point only. In most places you cannot hope to be able to sell a car that has not a minimum set of features mandated by the law.

And Apple cannot hope to compel states to change the rules just because so they can sell their car.