• Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
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    3 months ago

    This has got to be a case of a preventative patent and not something that’ll actually see production. Like, there’s just no way the people at Ford are dumb enough to look at this and unironically think it’s a good idea. They’d probably lose a quarter of their customer base if they start rolling it out.

    • threeganzi@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      My guess would be they’re just playing it smart, waiting for the dystopian required implementation of the systems in all cars in the future.

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        3 months ago

        Watch governments implement this requirement, then ford makes $$$ selling the rights to everyone else

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      3 months ago

      Yeah there’s no point in spending the money on R&D and manufacturing just togive info to an outside party. This is either preventative like you say, or they plan to offer a subscription service to local PD’s at a price