The downside of apps as car keys - In an area without cellphone reception, I was unable to open the car.

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[–]hennaojisan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Do you have a Tesla? Because I read that the app they use to open and start their cars went down for a while and lots of people could not access their vehicles.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No I don't. There are a lot of questionable features. I probably won't use self-driving cars until they're way, way safer than human driven cars too. Too much over-reliance on technology that's only 10 years old and may not be supported in 10-20 years.

[–]hennaojisan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I didn't mean it as an accusation but I read about the Tesla app problem within the last 24 hours and wondered if there was any connection. Sometimes I make connections where there aren't any. Yeah, no self-driving cars for me either.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah I see, I didn't even realize those were separate instances, good eye