The completely wrong application of “it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission”. Fuck these clowns

privacy is not about having something to hide but rather no business for others to know.

Discontinuing OnStar Smart Driver: 

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again:

You might care if you had a car insurance premium and it doubled for no good reason.

this is batshit insane. if you’re going to track people via gps or other connected services you absolutely need to anonymize the personal details before you sell that data to a third party.  

What’s nutty is that, for me, I would absolutely agree to be tracked for insurance purposes; I drive like a grandma and could use a break on my auto insurance. BUT the shadiness of the practices listed above is just plain wrong. This was a money grab for GM that hurt their customers and should be stain on the company…

Ever since they announce they would not be using CarPlay in upcoming vehicles I have sworn them off. Looks like it was a good call and only getting better with time. They want you to pay for the car and then they want to use you as a recurring revenue source without supplying you any benefits. As it turns out their…

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Daweoo ceased to exist over 20 years ago when the bankrupt company was sold to General Motors. The Trax is built in South Korea, but it is built by General Motors.

While we won’t get the EZ-6 in the U.S.,

And what does that have to do with government mandates? Honda sold 200,000 Civics alone in 2023. Were they exempted from these onerous government mandates?

When exactly did the government mandate the killing of small hatchbacks and sedans?

No, the manufacturers are run by shortsighted people who chase quarterly profits. The government didn’t have much at all to do with it.

The government didn’t mandate that Ford kill off all of its affordable offerings. Ford was simply following the cynical “build less, charge more” pricing model that a number of car manufacturers thought they could get away with in the wake of pandemic supply chain issues.

They all thought they could be Tesla on day 1.

The cheapest new Ford you can buy will set you back over $31,000 once fees are factored in, fully $10,000 more than a base Chevy Trax.

You know what we need AI for in this situation?

What will actually happen is that the AI will automatically transcribe civilian voices as making threats in order to pre-emptively justify any violence the cops inflict later on in the video.

Taking away the cops guns might. If they are in a situation where they need an armed response, they can call for a SWAT team. There is no reason for Patrolman Joe to be armed, it just encourages delusions of competence grandeur.