Not necessary. If you just bet against them being punctual always, you'll have a 80% plus success rate.

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I recently moved and had a lot on my list in real life generally for about six to nine months. I stopped using the internet as I did before because I simply didn't have time. I primarily used it to order stuff for the new house and to do my professional work. No podcasts, no YT videos, no news articles, no social media. I even stopped watching the news completely.

Guess what? Nothing happened other than me feeling a lot better. I didn't miss out on anything as far as I know. Instead, I forgot about all the bullsh*t that's not even real. Let's be honest. Most of the stuff on social media is completely made up or has a core of truth but is completely blown out of proportion to get attention.

A couple of times a coworker told me about how scary the news were and that they are afraid something bad will happen soon. I just said: "Ah, it's probably not going to be that bad." And guess what? It wasn't that bad. I never heard of it again afterwards.

The internet will move on without you and you don't have to be immune to it. You can just move on without it. Use it for what you need and try to make it as hard as possible for it to use you.

I don't. I would be much happier buying ebooks without DRM and I would buy substantially more of them if they were DRM-free.

Seems like an apples to oranges comparison (pun not intended). The term Apple Intelligence was introduced for the new service/product. GPT has a history of standing for something (a specific model).

> Yes, TÜV does not assess reliability of a car, but road-worthiness

So, great - that's all I tried to say to start with.

Now enjoy your smear campaign!

If you'd have those, you could have posted them earlier here in the thread.

No. You are obviously not doing that. You take note of what the media emphasizes in an obvious press campaign that oversimplifies the actual information to a degree where it becomes borderline useless in order to reach political goals. This is not the same.

If you are worried about the brakes, brake hard occasionally to avoid rust.

Alternatively, you can charge the car up to near 100% if you go on a roadtrip. Regen will be limited initially so you will be able to use your brakes without braking hard.

If you are still worried about the brakes, go to an independent car mechanic regularly and have them checked.

It's as easy as that.

Nobody is preventing you from doing service even though it's not deemed necessary by the vendor.

Your comment doesn't seem to be about the actual issue but about some form of generalized Tesla brand hatred.

It's really quite clear what's going on here.

The TÜV does not assess the reliability of a car. The reasons for a car failing an inspection after 3 years can be manifold. It doesn't mean that the car "won't age well" or anything along those lines.

If you dislike Tesla, then say it - it's fine. No need to support vague smear campaigns.

In fact, right now Tesla has the best electric car technology available on the market. Along with the best charging network available on the market. And the best software (light years ahead of the competition) on the market. Also they don't require you to service the car for a long time. That makes German people especially afraid that they lose their car manufacturing, selling and servicing business. And rightly so. No smear campaign and no comparing apples to oranges will save them from reforming and restoring their competitiveness in a very long painful process.

You wouldn't do a regular service right before the TÜV appointment, would you?

Also, this doesn't sound environmentally friendly to me.

Also there's things like these which are way too common for my taste: https://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/adac-skandal-gelber-enge...

I think the German car industry and the press around it as a whole have a serious corruption issue.

I am sure HN has made up their mind already and this discussion wouldn't have an effect on your opinion anyway, so please feel free to continue downvoting.

This is about what cars made it through the German TÜV. Not about reliability.

Why? I don't think that's obvious. It may also be related to the way the opt-in is presented. In general, I would expect this to be a workable solution. Even if the opt-in group deviates from the "typical user", it's the best data you can get in an honest and ethically sound way. This should certainly be better than no data at all?

For any website/app that presents an opt-in cookie consent banner this is implicitly already the case.

The whole torture is accompanied by awkward excuses like "unexpected staff shortage", "technical disruption", "signal repairs", or "delay due to earlier journey" which you can look at in an app that tends to not work while you wait and freeze.

Bonus: If all else fails, you can play "Bahn Bingo" while you reflect on the experience of your trip: https://www.bahnbingo.de/