Subscription airbag
Subscription airbag
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Tweet: Okay I thought this one straight up has to be hyperbole, there's no way they'd make an airbag that checks your subscription status or it doesn't go off, but it's fucking TRUE: "Without the subscription service from In&Motion, the airbag system is non-operational."
Quoted tweet: Reminder that Klim makes a motorcycle airbag vest that has a subscription service and if you don't pay and get in a wreck it just doesn't go off
Google results screenshot: Ai-1 Airbag Vest (Klim) - Choose from $12/month or $120/year subscription options, which include...
Original tweet dated 30th April 2021
This is absolutely going to get somebody who had a subscription killed because the airbag couldn't connect to the service to check in the 1/4 of a second it had to go off.
that's absurd, it probably checks in periodically when it's in range of service and then decides whether to brick itself. it's going to get somebody who had a subscription killed because of a database error or bugged firmware update.
Okay, so apparently there's an indicator light at the beginning that tells you if your subscription is active. Presumably they have at least one person who passed their realtime programming course and it's designed around making sure you never give off a green light unless the suit is ready to inflate.
But a company that charges a subscription for airbag deployment may be too cheap to hire actual software engineers lmao
Screaming "siri renew my airbag subscription!" as I'm flying through the air
“I have put a pair of Air Jordans in your shopping basket.”
The Ai-1 Airbag Vest and In&Box DPP (Detect-Protect-Perfect) platform is the first continually evolving motorcycle protection technology driven by artificial intelligence.
Honestly just having the airbag be electronic is dangerous enough. Imagine dying because you forgot to plug your airbag in a couple days in a row and the battery was out.
STOP PUTTING THE INTERNET INTO EVERYTHING!!! STOP MAKING EVERYTHING A SUBSCRIPTION MODEL!!!
STOOPPPP
but I just want an unlimited constant income stream with no more effort! Meritocracy!
It's $12 a month, surely you loony leftists can afford that.Dying in a crash because my ping was too high to activate my airbag on time
Somehow the stupidest thing happened and we live in the Watch_Dogs imagined future where hackers will be able to kill you with your internet-of-things connected vegetable juice machine.
That's why you buy the juicero instead, the packets are all it works with so hackers can't kill you with it
Truly ahead of its time and all times really, yet another win for the juicero
wait so the vest is networked?
next question: is it secure?
The S in IoT stands for Security
There are many things that make me glad that I am not a motorcycle guy
This is one of them
There are airbags out there that use a simple tether. Small bumps don't set it off, but if you're thrown from your bike it does, no electronics necessary.
Alternatively if you ride with someone, they can be your airbag.
You will own nothing and be happy.You will own nothing
*happiness costs extra
Shit at that point it would probably be safer to just bypass it manually, dig in there for the can and connect the valve to some piano wire or something, hook the other end onto your bike so it gets pulled automatically like a grenade if you leave your seat. The tripwire that saves you instantly
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Next service: subscription door locks. If you’re trapped in your burning car, you must subscribe to unlock.
If you don't like it, just shop around for another "unlock the doors to your burning car" service.
You jest, but this could be the basis for a class action of sorts.
You own a car for what, 10 years? So for those 10 years, the car company has you by the balls. They can introduce new subscriptions or change your car's computer in any way. And no one else can. Car companies should be forced to interoperable with other car operating systems and allow other companies to release competing services for that car brand.
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It's more of reskinned lease scheme. These are expensive devices, and you can either buy the whole device up-front, or you can buy a cheaper version and pay a monthly fee to make up the difference. Either $800 up front, or $400 up front + $12/mo or $120/yr for three years.
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There is no world in which you die because "your airbag's ping is too high". It checks your subscription once a day before you leave home; part of getting ride-ready is making sure your airbag is prepped. If you have no sub, the device warns you, the same as if the airbag was faulty or unready for any other reason.
It's absurd on the face of it, but I'm not sure it's worse than a world where motorcyclists don't get airbags if they don't have $800 right now.
In the event you don't pay they have made a deliberate decision to just let you die. Wall.
In your opinion, would it be better if the lease scheme didn't exist, and the only way to have one at all was to pay $800 up front?
Again, it's not like it's going to catch you by surprise. You are alerted well before you ever even get on your bike, as you're putting the vest on, that it's inactive. You have to make the choice to ride with an inactive vest. It doesn't check your payment status mid-crash or shut off mid-ride. Other vest manufacturers only offer a full-price one-time-purchase. These guys have gone out of their way to make it more accessible to people who can't pay $800 up front. If they simply never checked, people would just buy the vest for "half price", and the company quickly couldn't afford to offer it. They've made it as safe as possible while not letting themselves go out of business. I'm not sure what else you want them to do.
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Tired: Fail safe / fail deadly
Wired: Fail deadly / succeed deadly
I hate rent-seeking! I hate rent-seeking!
Fucking rediculous
lmao I learned about this one via Fortnine. They lure you in with a "too good to be true" low price, and then stick you with their bullshit.
Luckily there are other options out there. For now.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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