Ahh, yeah. Well I too don't like the "big brother" aspects of a connected vehicle, so I have root level access and have denied Tesla almost all access to my vehicle. They can't make any more changes, they can request logs, and my car will not report and logging. I allow the mobile app API and software notifications, but that's about it.
I too couldn't justify the price of a Tesla, which is why I now only drive salvage. Selling my past salvage repairs has paid not only for the current Teslas, but also a good amount of my house. As far as the radio, all Teslas still sold from the factory historically or currently have FM. Only a really tiny subset of the older cars whose owners elected to pay Tesla a multi-kilobuck fee to upgrade their infotainment computer (MCU) are fast with the dilemma of having to spend another half kilobuck on the new FM tuner should they want to keep FM. AM is a different story, starting in 2017 the Model 3 was introduced without it. Starting in 2021, ALL models only have FM, no AM. But in their defense, AM reception in a modern vehicle is pretty poor, even more so if it's an EV. (Just too much near-field electrical noise) For Starlink, I worry it's essentially a ponzi scheme, as the satellites are only good for about 2 years, then they have to replace them. I'm not sure they will be able to afford to keep doing that, but maybe I'm wrong. Also, Elon promised $100/month, and now it's a lot more for that. On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 4:00 PM Mr. Sharkey <shar...@housetrucks.org> wrote: > Phil; > > Oh, I have no complaints about the technology, > obviously, the vehicles are the cutting edge of > automotive advancement. Like you, however, I find > the practices of the company to be questionable, if not outright evil at > times. > > It's not that I'll ever get any first-hand > experience with the cars, however, as they are > far outside my price range, and I have brick-wall > convictions about the level of surveillance and > monitoring that they are capable of. My weekly > round-trip of 30 miles into town for groceries > doesn't justify spending the equivalent of five > or six years of my fixed social security income > on even their "lowest price" offerings. > > The FM radio comment came from this thread on the EVDL: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/ev@lists.evdl.org/maillist.html > > I'm a broadcast engineer by trade, so anything > that cuts at listener numbers comes with a high > credibility price. I did follow the link in the > tread by Paul Dove, but didn't see any solution > or work around for the noted deletion of the FM > radio, and never heard anything more about it. > EV's in general have been killing off AM radio, > as they don't want to spend the additional > research, design cost for implementing noise > suppression to cut back on interference to the > medium-wave bands. (worth noting: the AM radio in > my conversion EV works just fine) > > I suppose I have less credibility now that I am > supporting Musk's other major technology > investment, Spacex. just this month I became a > Starlink customer. It's everything it's supposed > to be and more, letting me cut the cord to the > telephone company and use my cell phone out in > the sticks. Of course, with no contract, there's > no protection from monthly service price > increases. There have been two this year of > $10/mo each. Lesee, quick math. Starlink claims > 1,000,000 paid customer accounts. At $20/mo > increase in last four months, they have an > additional $24M to launch more rockets filled > with satellites. I guess, in my own small way, > I'm paying for the next RUD (Rapid Unplanned > Disassembly, i.e. "explosion") after launch. > > I suppose we pick and choose our own personal poison. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230517/1718f57e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
