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• RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We seriously need strict regulations to reign in this bullshit.

  Subscription anything needs be illegal unless it’s an active service being provided.

  Screens should be flat out banned in cars. Fuck your infotainment and sale features, I don’t care. If we agree that phones too dangerous to use while driving (and they are), then a having a fucking tablet glued to the dash is literally different. Plus, we’re still in a global chip shortage, we should be conserving them for more important things.

  Self driving features can fuck right off. It’s absolutely mind-boggling how these systems are allowed on public roads with zero regulatory oversight.

  Most active safety features are bullshit workarounds for shitty design and engineering that create massive blindspots. They also create lazy, complacent drivers who become dependent on tech that subject to equipment and logic failures. Good visibility can’t just suddenly stop working.

  Anything bigger than a sedan or station wagon should require a special license for industrial and ag use only. Fuck your compensation-mobiles, they’re literally killing us in more ways than one.

  None of this will ever happen because we know who really owns our governments.

  Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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  • spirinolas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Screens should be flat out banned in cars

    Can’t say I agree. The appearance of GPS was a game changer for me and a lot of people. I still remember the old days where every time I picked the car in an unfamiliar place was a gamble. I can’t even count how many gas I wasted going in circles looking for a reference. Found road works? I’m fucked again, I guess.

    No, I don’t miss those days at all. Now, if you want to tell me infotainment screens need strict regulations, that’s another story. Nothing beyond android auto apps, radio and options that only work in a full stop should be allowed. But “voting” with your wallet works. When I bought my car I was indecisive between 2 of them. The fact one of them had most stuff in a infotainment that was below the driver FOV made my choice easy. The one I bought has most buttons as physical ones. The only the radio isn’t. The screen is small and I can use it without taking your eyes off the road (which I only use for google maps, spotify and taking calls).

    It’s also our responaibility as buyers to know what we’re getting. I see a lot of people complaining about stuff in their car they should’ve known while they were still in the looking phase. If you can’t research the car you’re buying before you buy it then you deserve all the disappointment.

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    • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Nah. Plan ahead, use your phone’s GPS with voice instructions.

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      • kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Using the phone’s GPS with voice instructions was crucial to my success in finding the car i was looking for.

        Idk why no one plans ahead nowadays.

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• jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Light bulb companies realized a long time ago that selling quality products is a self-defeating game

  Not really…

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  • anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes really. Educate yourself: www.wikiwand.com/en/Phoebus_cartel

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    • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So like… do you want to say anything more than “I’m right and this is wrong”? Because I’ve seen that video before and I’m still feeling the opposite way you are

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    • JamesFire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re responding to the “Light Bulb Companies” part, not the “selling quality products” part. That video very clearly (10-15 mins too long) shows that Light Bulb Companies had legitimate reasons for limiting light bulb hours.

      While the Phoebus Cartel may have artificially limited the lifespan of lightbulbs, there was a legitimate reason to do so, and it wasn’t just planned obsolescence so you buy more.

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    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞

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