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starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Yup. Unfortunately, since most people seem to prefer the dystopian futuretech, all auto manufacturers are going to employ it. Just like with cell phones. The last phone I know of with 16:9 aspect ratio and no blighted hole punch or notch was in 2018. There’s a market full of us luddites who prefer the old ways, but we’re invisible to manufacturers because it’s more profitable to make something that more people want to buy, and we’re forced to buy that garbage as well anyway.

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krey@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Don’t worry. You know those car nuts who put 20 spoilers on their cars and mod the engine etc… There will be a point where most of them do it with the futuretech cars and it will be in their way, which means they will circumvent it and ordinary people will be able to hire them to do it to their cars too. It was the same wis “chip tuning”.

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- cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I hope so
  
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- cakemasterjedi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s already started rich rebuild v8 swap a module s and is currently diseal swapping a module 3
  
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cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You forgot about the programmed obsolescence.

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- starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, it goes further than just designing the hardware to only last a few years, all of these electronics ensure that the car is fucked as soon as the necessary online services go down. Meanwhile a well-maintained '93 Geo Metro, driven in the south where they don’t salt the roads every year, can last decades.
  
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  - cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ve had my 2010 Mazda 3 for 13 years now and I’m taking every precaution to keep it as long as I can.
    
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    cordlesslamp@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    hi, I’m looking to buy my first car and have my eyes on the 2015 Mazda 3 but it is a little bit over my budget. Would you recommend getting the 2010-2013 Mazda 3 in 2023? Or just downgrade to a 2015 Mazda 2?
    
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gullible@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
There are some positives and negatives to the desire for old form factors. Secondhand phones from 2018 cost much less than new ones but lack some of the new features like… I can’t think of any.

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- starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  New features, like the absolute gutting of Tasker’s capabilities
  
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