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[–] stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (24 children)

This gets posted occasionally and while I agree, the subscription for an airbag is one of the dumbest things ever, it's not the only way to buy the thing.

It's available as a one-time purchase instead, which obviously is what everyone here would choose, but it's a fairly high price, and their argument for offering a subscription model is that they want the price barrier for safety equipment to be lower. There are other ways to do it, but the option of a subscription is fine IMO as long as the one time purchase remains as well.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Why would you want computerized airbags? I don't trust the software to not have bugs

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Uhhh... Every single airbag is computerized. There is always some software involved in the evaluation of the acceleration data.

And noone trusts the software to not have bugs. That's why testing exists on many development levels.

[–] SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Uhhh... Every single airbag is computerized.

Uhhh... not motorcycle airbags. See the Helite Turtle 2 airbag.

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