Wait so I am pretty sure that’s not allowed by safety regs? They could get sued pretty badly for this unless I am mistaken.
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Sorry grandma, you didn't pay for your oxygen tank subscription; we are turning off the taps
I stumbled across this article when I saw this post. Not great, but not quite as bad as this post would lead us to believe. 👍🏻 (Also, subscription based services suck)
https://jalopnik.com/this-dystopian-biker-airbag-crash-vest-only-saves-your-1846823791
I've known about this for a while and it's just been mundane to me. It never struck me how stupid it is until now.
Just buy the bungee corded one with the pull string that they make, that's probably better anyways.
Mate of mine said it was controversial but the subscription is to opt into their telemetry feedback system and improve the algorithm via firmware updates. When they go off when they shouldn't you're gonna have a bad time. He did not mention the remote bricking part, yikes.
I'm not even outraged by this stuff any more. If you're ok with subscription models it's your own fault.
It is outrageous because if a sufficient number of people accept this bullshit, it becomes a viable and profitable business model and every provider moves into it. Basically people like me who run away from subscriptions like the devil end up without a choice.
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I use a 350€ manual airbag vest that was tested quite well
Klim could save a lot of bad pr by just blowing the airbag anyway and sending a bill for the remaining value of the vest after the fact.
But then you're just financing a vest and that's not a fancy buzzword that makes the c-suite cream their pants.