It’s not like having a keyless fob. The keyless fob isn’t connected to the internet and gps, doesn’t require creating an account, doesn’t require Google services, doesn’t need software updates, doesn’t send notifications, doesn’t need to be charged daily, doesn’t break when it falls out of my hand, etc.
Oh, and it doesn’t show me ads.
I’m a strong opponent of the current forced-digital trend. Networked software has many, many disadvantages compared to dedicated hard-coded and unconnected devices like key fobs.
Not everything should be an app.
I have a keyless fob. It’s great. It’s also got an actual key in it in case the battery dies. Which it has before while I was out. It’s also a 2013 so this isn’t new tech.
Using a phone app as the main or sole method of unlocking (I saw the card bit, that’s good) is insane. If your phone dies, if you lock yourself out of your phone, drop it in a puddle, if you get locked out of the app, if the app messed up, etc. All ways to keep you out of your car. Which in many cases is a safety and health risk.
Right. I can just imagine being somewhere at 2 am trying to find a way to charge my phone so I can open my car, while also i can’t even call an Uber or something because my phone is dead.
That’s a good point. I could envision myself being complacent or forgetting to bring or losing the card, but I suppose most people would just stick it in their wallets.
More cars are using going to adopt it. It’s just like having a fob which is “keyless”. The fob is your phone which has the app.
It’s not like having a keyless fob. The keyless fob isn’t connected to the internet and gps, doesn’t require creating an account, doesn’t require Google services, doesn’t need software updates, doesn’t send notifications, doesn’t need to be charged daily, doesn’t break when it falls out of my hand, etc.
Oh, and it doesn’t show me ads.
I’m a strong opponent of the current forced-digital trend. Networked software has many, many disadvantages compared to dedicated hard-coded and unconnected devices like key fobs.
Not everything should be an app.
I have a keyless fob. It’s great. It’s also got an actual key in it in case the battery dies. Which it has before while I was out. It’s also a 2013 so this isn’t new tech.
Using a phone app as the main or sole method of unlocking (I saw the card bit, that’s good) is insane. If your phone dies, if you lock yourself out of your phone, drop it in a puddle, if you get locked out of the app, if the app messed up, etc. All ways to keep you out of your car. Which in many cases is a safety and health risk.
If the battery dies you can access it without a key.
Right. I can just imagine being somewhere at 2 am trying to find a way to charge my phone so I can open my car, while also i can’t even call an Uber or something because my phone is dead.
That’s what the card is for.
That’s a good point. I could envision myself being complacent or forgetting to bring or losing the card, but I suppose most people would just stick it in their wallets.
Yep!
like those poor souls burned alive cause the doors on that shit heap wouldn’t open
Don’t know anything about that but the doors have mechanical latches