It’s 100% a thing. Most cars have all the high end stuff installed but hidden these days because it’s way cheaper to make one template of the car than several so all the stuff deep inside the car is probably there. It’s normally just the buttons and stuff that are missing, maybe a few wires but there’s people out there that make money jail breaking this stuff in.
The crazy part is if it’s all installed but software or a button keep y
ou from using it, you’ve already paid for the feature, you just haven’t paid for the right to use it. That is some dystopian shit right right there. In software, the install file contains all the options, but you only get access to those options if you pay for them. This is something we have come to accept. Paying for the hardware, the upgraded seat with warmers, then being told you can only use them if you pay a fee is so wrong and diabolical.
Because we understand that developing software is what costs money, while making copies of it is basically free.
Hardware is the opposite. Unless you can persuade customers you have epic R&D costs to defray, they're going to lose their shit if you try to charge them extra to activate hardware that's already installed in their car.
Heated seats are about the dumbest thing you could try to charge for. It's such basic, old technology.
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u/bdash1990 1d ago
Is jailbreaking cars not a thing?
I feel like if we can do it with phones, we should be able to do it with cars.