TOUnail

joined 1 year ago

In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electricity Over Gasoline in Record Numbers in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] TOUnail@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 on the Kona Electric.

I have the MY2023 and it works perfectly as a dumb car but there are some creature comforts hidden behind a subscription. The BlueLink App which is around $7/month allows you to remotely see and control things from your phone such as:

Locking/unlocking the car from your phone no matter the distance
Getting notifications if you forgot to lock your car
Remote start the climate control
Diagnostics with codes so you don't need an OBDII reader

Again, it's a perfectly good dumb EV without those but they are trying the subscription model for luxury features. Hyundai, at least, gave me a 3 year free trail.

Saturday APPreciation thread (Jul 1 2023) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread! in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] TOUnail@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With all the social media corps going full ham on advertising, I'm going to make the switch from Chrome to Firefox with ad-blocking add-ons. However, I'm at a crossroads since there are many variations ranging from the official Firefox app to Firefox Nightly and even Fennec or Fenix.

Any recommendations?