I feel like price for the one time purchase is set deliberately high because they want people to actually pay for the subscription instead. If their goal really was to make their products more accessible, just allow people to pay in installments and take some recurring interest fees for the financing.

And, in any case, the product should work no matter whether I'm late with the monthly fee or not. That's just bullshit.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Also, do you need a persistent internet connection at all times so it can check if you're subscribed at any moment it may need to in case of a crash? In a fast-moving vehicle? What an awful idea.

[–] Nugget@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

If I recall correctly, it checks the status in the background every so often. It's not going to reach out for the status at the moment of impact.

[–] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah, what happens with lag, does it deploy around your corpse or in the ambulance?

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

It checks status when you switch it on before your ride, and warns you with LEDs if it can't activate.
It won't ever switch off during your ride unless it runs out of battery.

[–] smitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

It will continue to activate for 60 days after the last payment, then the “in motion” module (it’s not klim’s tech, it’s in motion’s tech and subscription) won’t turn on before a ride. It doesn’t need to connect to the internet to work while riding, it syncs over wifi. They specify it won’t stop working during a ride.

Also, you can still buy the system outright. Having a subscription entitles you to a new detection module after three years though