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Mrs_Magooo t1_jacpv1q wrote

Reply to Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away if You Miss Payments by bajo2292

This shit is getting out of control and is only going to get worse. I just read another article on Reddit about a car manufacturer exploiting their subscription services policies at the expense of all human decency.

>Volkswagen refused to cooperate with law enforcement in a case of child abduction last week because the vehicle at the center of the crime had an expired GPS subscription.

>The company demanded officers pay $150 to renew the service before assisting police

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bajo2292 OP t1_jacp17e wrote

Reply to comment by Werd616 in Future Fords Could Repossess Themselves and Drive Away if You Miss Payments by bajo2292

Car industry and car lobby is very well connected with the ruling class in America, Ford is like a poster child for 70's car boom and this may very well be a way to test the waters and in a distant future, you would consider this a norm.

We soon will be pushed to pay for "luxury services" in our cars on a subscription model, you wanna heated seats ? 5,99$/mo . You want to have access to heat your car before you go to work on a freezing morning? 12,99$/mo.

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OldRepNewAccount t1_jacn226 wrote

Reply to comment by I_can-t_even in Woman allegedly cut off man’s penis after he threatened to leak sex tapes by Crazy-News59

I agree. Its not a very bright idea to record your sex tapes if you are sure the world will crumble upon you if they got leaked. (Again here im assuming she consented to being recorded, but it may have been a hidden camera with malicious intents). But people certainly do unimaginable things in rage and frustration. There's a netflix series about a woman who cut her boyfriend's penis in Virginia and threw it in woods while leaving him bleeding. It was a famous courst case in US

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anengineerandacat t1_jacn191 wrote

Reply to comment by NineSwords in Woman allegedly cut off man’s penis after he threatened to leak sex tapes by Crazy-News59

Retaliation would likely go way up, and I suspect this woman won't be unharmed for too long post his recovery.

This is one of those situations where you have severely harmed someone's QoL and I feel to the point where the consequences of retaliation are lower than the drive to perform it.

Can't say her action wasn't warranted but... on both sides actions have consequences and the likelihood he won't retaliate is low (especially if he can easily reach her).

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MOS95B t1_jacmb4d wrote

Reply to VW wouldn’t help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expired by DontDoDrugs316

The number of people who didn't actually read the article and immediately fell for the click baity title is, sadly, not surprising...

>"Volkswagen has a procedure in place with a third-party provider for Car-Net Support Services involving emergency requests from law enforcement. They have executed this process successfully in previous incidents. Unfortunately, in this instance, there was a serious breach of the process. We are addressing the situation with the parties involved," the company said in a statement provided to Ars and other media outlets.

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