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		drnick1 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before liv... Cars already do, and the solution is to remove the modem.

bzzzt 42 days ago [–]

If a car is equipped with 'eCall' from the factory in the EU a missing modem is seen as a safety defect and fails the yearly inspection which is required for road use.

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