• Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, Subaru can have the Starlink disabled pretty easily by removing, essentially, a module behind the head unit. The only problem is that module also sends power to the front speakers. There’s been workarounds created, but it’s just asshole design at its finest.

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      1 day ago

      If it’s like “OnStar” where you could call for help, or they’d call you in an accident. I suspect that’s why it was done :(

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        24 hours ago

        Yeah, good point, perhaps there is some engineering rationale for having them powered the same, so that the speakers are guaranteed to work as long as the Starlink does.