A fool and his money.....

The problem is that the stakes are so high. Basically one election every 4 years puts too much value on each election.
If we could make voting convenient (and anonymous yet secure, etc) a democracy could vote directly on each bill brought forth. Unfortunately some bills would have greater voter turnout than others, and this turnout may not be proportional to the "importance" of the bill.

Our system of government is flawed and broken. A replacement system is very elusive...

No I did not translate, but those images don't look at all the same. Same name "Apple" but seriously?

My point was that points needed to be constantly adjusted. Electronic ignition is pretty much set and forget.

Throttle cable may not survive either...

This is what people don't seem to get. There are already laws describing what is legal on public roads. I see no reason these could not be expanded to cover software. If you want to go off road, or on a track, you should be able to do what you want.

Personally I would also feel more comfortable if the code in cars was open to public analysis. I am not a programmer, but I trust many independent eyes over one biased set with ulterior motives....

Exactly, I mean it isn't like any of the car manufacturers have ever had any recalls due to bad software or anything....

I would think it would be easier to show faulty code than a tampered throttle cable. Of course it depends on how the cable was tampered...

This has been done since there were regulations for cars....
I remember as a kid fitting a gas cap before the muffler on the headers. Normal driving you would leave the cap on, but when it was time to race you took the cap off and ran straight pipes.

and so we come to the second sentence in my post...

This ^

You have never worked on a car then? Getting a modified car approved for insurance can be difficult. (A friend had to jury rig adjustable sun visors on his convertible for the test, for example) No insurance and you cannot drive your car on the road (at least in most sane parts of the world)

The police will most definitely pull you over, confiscate your vehicle and issue a fine.

I have worked on a number of custom cars, and have friends who have worked on many more. No you cannot just do whatever you want to Mad Max your car...

By and large, cars are way more reliable than they were 30 years ago. Yes they were simpler to work on, but you had to work on them more. For example, it was easy to change and adjust points, now it is near impossible to adjust electronic ignition, but it lasts for the life of the car (usually)
Getting 100,000 miles on an older car was an accomplishment, now it is routine.

I don't mind a subscription model if it is cheap enough and I get upgrades forever.
However given Microsoft's history of upgrades, maybe it is not a good idea.

The "problem" I have with storage is the trade-off between speed, capacity, and price.
It is like that old business adage, "good, fast, or cheap; pick any two"