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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]English
    55•6 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]English
      48•6 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

      • silent_water [she/her]English
        36•6 months ago

        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.

        wheeze

      • hotcouchguy [he/him]English
        25•6 months ago

        Surely the “subscription airbag” company understands design of safety-critical systems amd would not cut corners for the sake of profit.

      • RustCat [he/him]English
        4•6 months ago

        Presumably they have at least one person who passed their realtime programming course

        You guys have courses for that? I just set CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=Y and go about my day.

      • @FishLake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        26•6 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.”