This is probably rather US specific, 2G is used for emergency services many places in Europe so it's not easily disposed of.
DreadPotato
joined 1 year ago
2G is still operational pretty much everywhere. It's still the lowest level fallback for telecommunications.
Yeah, that kind of goes without saying...
Are you not paying the manufacturer for the cellular service to run the climate control?
No, I'm not.
I obviously would prefer open protocols and/or APIs for these things, but it should be possible without modding the car with additional hardware.
Honestly I disagree. That kind of features should absolutely be included and standard. I shouldn't have to buy 3rd party hardware to modify my car and pay for extra cellular service for it.
IDK, the ability to remote activate climate control, start/stop charging and control charge power to match my solar power are all quite good reasons for me to have my car connected.
We should be able to have nice things without surveillance. We shouldn't refrain from these things, we should legislate so they're not allowed to collect data and share it without explicit consent.
The ZigBee lightbulbs I have are definitely not high quality.
It's even better, using the much superior kolowats over the deprecated kilowatts
IKEA 30 years ago was also making better furniture than they are today though. All their entry-level furniture is absolute shit these days, thin veneer on cardboard strength fiber board and screws made of metal softer than warm butter.
Anything in a quality that will last more than a few years costs almost the same as any other furniture store.
In only have experience with their ZigBee lightbulps, and they suck ass.
To be fair, 3G cellular is technology that is more than 20 years old now, superseded by 4G which is almost 15 years old. It's not like there haven't been viable replacements for 3G for more than a decade before it was retired.
I start the AC from my office which is probably 2-300m from my car with a large building between. That's far outside the range of a key FOB, but it's nice and cold in the summer (or warm on the winter) when I get to it.