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0 pointsSyonyk4y ago0 comments

> If this keeps up, some used cars will have a higher value than new ones.

That's already the case with construction equipment and farm equipment[0].

Right now, used cars often have a higher or near-new value because you can get one today - a new car, at MSRP, may be 6+ months wait, which doesn't help if your car just got totaled.

But, yes, everything is doubling down on toxic dystopian surveillance systems, subscription systems, and it's damned near the only option left anymore. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when the current fleet of vehicles needs rotating, because in 10 years when I plan to buy something newer, I'm not sure if anything won't be simply toxic. My car doesn't need a cell connection, sorry...

[0]: https://www.thedrive.com/news/31761/enormous-costs-of-new-tr...

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themaninthedark4y ago

“The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,”

Sometimes I wonder if anyone in the meetings that decide these things ever have the moment of realization that "We are the baddies"

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