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[NeedMoreTea]

If this becomes endemic across all the manufacturers I'll be ripping out the GPS aerial or fuse as necessary and they'll data mine a null database. I'll find a way to fit a DIN stereo. No I don't buy cars new enough for this to cause warranty issues. If it starts becoming impossible to do, a classic car is going to be anything before 2005 or so, and I'll take one of those. :)

I don't even listen to commercial radio in the car, or anywhere, because the ads annoy too much, and there's plenty of BBC stations.

TL;DR over my dead body.

[d1zzy → NeedMoreTea]

Cars have been sending data back to manufacturers (which include location, odometer, etc) for a while now and there's almost no way to disable it nicely (destroying the radios voids warranty): http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160809-your-car-is-not-your...

[ummonk → d1zzy]

If I remember correctly, something like this likely won't void the warranty, except maybe the warranty for electronics in the car. There are pretty strong laws in the US regarding car warranties.

[ddingus → d1zzy]

Ok, so it is void. Easy peasy.

I realize, not so easy. But there will be people who do make it easy.

Until then, I pretty much am not in the market for new cars.

[user111233 → NeedMoreTea]

And then the car disables itself because the security chip detected an unauthorized modification.

[_gjrn → NeedMoreTea]

Just look at your phone.