Ebikes require giving your data to the motor company to have full adjustment via an App over motor behaviour.: Difference between revisions
The ebike industry is booming, with one side effect being companies producing ebike motors which to gain full access to their features you must |
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|Type=Digital restrictions, Privacy, Ownership | |Type=Digital restrictions, Privacy, Ownership | ||
|Description=To gain adjustability of almost any Ebike motor you are forced to Install an app and hand over your data and or have to login to a bike company server | |Description=To gain adjustability of almost any Ebike motor you are forced to Install an app and hand over your data and or have to login to a bike company server | ||
}} | }}Every consumer when purchasing an Ebike with one of the main ebike motor companies motors attached to the bike is forced to download an app and give over data to the company to gain full use of the motor. In some cases even to switch the bike on and have full use of the bike. | ||
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Most e bikes come with preloaded firmware that only allows very basic power level setting from the remote. Frequently you can not access or adjust any other motor setting or bike setting without installing an app. Companies sell the consumer the idea that you can "tune" your motor or gain access to further settings by installing an app. | |||
When installing the app the user is often required to create a user account or login to the company server via the app and handover data including often required to share user contacts and location. Once logged in the user can use the app and it will then allow the user to make more refined changes to the motor. {{Ph-I-Int}} | |||
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