• Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
    231·
    5 months ago

    This has got to be a case of a preventative patent and not something that’ll actually see production. Like, there’s just no way the people at Ford are dumb enough to look at this and unironically think it’s a good idea. They’d probably lose a quarter of their customer base if they start rolling it out.

    • threeganzi@sh.itjust.works
      16·
      5 months ago

      My guess would be they’re just playing it smart, waiting for the dystopian required implementation of the systems in all cars in the future.

      • 50MYT@aussie.zone
        10·
        5 months ago

        Watch governments implement this requirement, then ford makes $$$ selling the rights to everyone else

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      Yeah there’s no point in spending the money on R&D and manufacturing just togive info to an outside party. This is either preventative like you say, or they plan to offer a subscription service to local PD’s at a price