• NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
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    1 year ago

    I was about to say, aren’t most e-Bikes still “dumb”? At least that’s my experience here in Germany.

    The problem is less about e-Bikes specifically and more about companies locking product features to their cloud, which is frustratingly happening more and more with just about everything that’s electrical.

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      1 year ago

      My US-made e-Bike is also “dumb”. A regular key to unlock it, a simple onboard trip computer, no apps, no bluetooth, a user replaceable battery… I can see the appeal of a “Tesla-like” e-Bike with a fancy app but reading about these companies going bankrupt makes me glad I got a simple bike.