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Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027
(www.yahoo.com)
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I am never buying a car built after 2016
Why 2016 specifically?
It depends on the make but that’s when I feel cars tipped the scale to becoming appliances
2018 makes more sense, that's when backup cameras were mandatory so since they were putting in a screen manufacturers made every car have an 'infotainment' center and with all of that processing power comes logging and other privacy invading features.
Really I don't go past 2008 myself. That was a cliff car manufactures went off after the sub prime mortgage fun fun time.
Naaaaah, my 2016 RAV4 Hybrid is balling. Back up camera, 360 sensors, remote start, heated seats, medium screen with buttons and knobs instead of touch, push start, stick shift, and the best part: no wifi on-board (through my phone only). Cars peaked right here.
I have a 2016 outback. No android auto... But I'm in the same boat. Backup camera. Sensors self driving no wifi no forced updates. Etc.
I don't need anything more.
Praying for our cars to survive at least another 15 years, bud 🙏
Yeah agreed. One of the great things about the outback is there's a DIY group around it. So there's a lot of YouTube videos out there on car maintenance and upgrades etc So that kind of where I'm at with it these days too