The vehicle information-screen tells me to use the HondaLink phone app to disable data sharing. The HondaLink Android app tells me to use the vehicle's information-screen's onboard settings in order to disable data sharing. #whichIsIt #enshittification #dataParasitism
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misterred@feddit.online · 13 pts · 58d
Meanwhile I got the notice today from Honda America Finance that the data-theft subscription service was "Expiring" and they billed me by tacking some undisclosed fee to my loan balance two days ago.
quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 58d
that's such an abomination. i hope you find a practical solution.
what's not practical is:
as if their documentation/staff would even tell a truthful number of antennas in the vehicle......
sure maybe the first and second ones might not be difficult. after that, if someone wanna remove and separately inspect every single component of the vehicle, more power to you (read: good f***in' luck)
misterred@feddit.online · 1 pts · 56d
misterred@feddit.online · 2 pts · 57d
I was able to disable data collection by first using the app to remove a specific service to which they subscribed me and for which I was not yet supposed to be charged but, oh well.
ecureuil@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 58d
Ugh. What year car is that? (Or... how old a Honda do I need to buy to avoid this nonsense?)
misterred@feddit.online · 2 pts · 57d
This is a 2026 CR-V Hybrid. I was able to disable data collection by first using the app to remove a specific service to which they subscribed me and for which I was not yet supposed to be charged but, oh well.
misterred@feddit.online · 1 pts · 56d
So now that I have no Automatic Collision Notification, hopefully a passing motorist will point it out, if I have one.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 58d
Unplugging the car's antennas is free.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 58d
It's not if it fucks your overall warranty or voids other services (afaik BMW just amended their tos with something like that).
misterred@feddit.online · 2 pts · 56d
Yeah, and as was mentioned there are probably several hidden antennas. in the onboard computers.