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 ?
When you buy the car, you also pay for that integrated, albeit disable, service. To enable it you have to pay a subscription.
I agree with the OP. This should never be the case.
Now, the culprit is not the car manufacturer, but the people that pay for it. If nobody, or aven few people, paid for this, they wouldn't have a business for that and they would likely stop.
Bottom line is, you don't like it? Give your money to another brand.
Something like the XBUS seems like a good choice. They seem to focus on the important and practical stuff, and I can't find any information about any sort of related subscription.
Ironic thing is, if you do one simple google search it takes you to this offcial hyundai video where you could see that the subscription is only for the app which goes through servers and requires all the cost associated with it, so it's entirety reasonable to not be for free, and you can literally just use these features from the keyfob, because of course you can, but I guess dunking on people and calling them stupid and lazy is easier than doing a modicum of research.
It would be reasonable if what that app did was anything that actually needed internet servers to work. Why not just pair up the phone with the car, ad-hoc like you could with a PSP, or any sort of peer-to-peer between car-phone, and call it a day? Oh, right, because then you can't create a service you can charge monthly for.
That people are willing to pay for effectively a remote temperature control and shutdown timer, that does not need to be an internet service to work properly, can and should be dunked on.
Why not just pair up the phone with the car, ad-hoc like you could with a PSP, or any sort of peer-to-peer between car-phone, and call it a day?
because you already have a keyfob and that's more secure? or how do you imagine this p2p connection you have some sort of free internet connection for your car that I don't know about?
That people are willing to pay for effectively a remote temperature control and shutdown timer, that does not need to be an internet service to work properly, can and should be dunked on.
they are not paying for that, they are paying for the ability to do it from anywhere, I mean, I personally don't see the need for it, since you know, it's on the fucking keyfob.
It’s for office workers or inner city dwellers in cold regions. They can start their car which is in the parking garage blocks away. It makes sense and it costs money to run.
Theres nothing wrong at all with this. At all. Image is FUD
Because you actually believe you didn't already paid for about 5 years of the service when you paid for the car?
Human stupidity and laziness is the accurate reason for manufacturers doing this.