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Tweet: Okay I thought this one straight up has to be hyperbole, there’s no way they’d make an airbag that checks your subscription status or it doesn’t go off, but it’s fucking TRUE: “Without the subscription service from In&Motion, the airbag system is non-operational.”

Quoted tweet: Reminder that Klim makes a motorcycle airbag vest that has a subscription service and if you don’t pay and get in a wreck it just doesn’t go off

Google results screenshot: Ai-1 Airbag Vest (Klim) - Choose from $12/month or $120/year subscription options, which include…

Original tweet dated 30th April 2021

  • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
    55·
    10 months ago

    that’s absurd, it probably checks in periodically when it’s in range of service and then decides whether to brick itself. it’s going to get somebody who had a subscription killed because of a database error or bugged firmware update.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      48·
      10 months ago

      Okay, so apparently there’s an indicator light at the beginning that tells you if your subscription is active. Presumably they have at least one person who passed their realtime programming course and it’s designed around making sure you never give off a green light unless the suit is ready to inflate.

      But a company that charges a subscription for airbag deployment may be too cheap to hire actual software engineers lmao

      • FishLake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        26·
        10 months ago

        “Your Honor, the records clearly state the deceased was in violation of the terms of service due to dying during the payment processing window.”