Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoNo. Return to physical keys.hexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkNo. Return to physical keys.hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·5 months agoReturn to physical keys and mandate that they cost 20$ You ever lost a key and had to buy a new one? It’s like 150$ for no reason!
minus-squareTunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoGo to a key copier and make one as a backup I’ve never paid more than like $20 for a key literally ever.
minus-squareBoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 months agoModern cars have keyless entry and push start so you can’t simply make a backup key at a locksmith. They can duplicate the emergency key that serves as a backup for the door but it won’t start the car because you need the code programmed in.
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoEven modern-ish cars that have a transponder key which looks like a “normal key” can cost over $100 to replicate, even without a key fob.
minus-squareTunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoDamn we are living in two completely different worlds then. I completely forgot that cars are like that now. My truck is a 2002 Toyota tundra.
Return to physical keys and mandate that they cost 20$
You ever lost a key and had to buy a new one? It’s like 150$ for no reason!
Go to a key copier and make one as a backup I’ve never paid more than like $20 for a key literally ever.
Modern cars have keyless entry and push start so you can’t simply make a backup key at a locksmith. They can duplicate the emergency key that serves as a backup for the door but it won’t start the car because you need the code programmed in.
Even modern-ish cars that have a transponder key which looks like a “normal key” can cost over $100 to replicate, even without a key fob.
Damn we are living in two completely different worlds then. I completely forgot that cars are like that now. My truck is a 2002 Toyota tundra.