One fact checker rates this "mostly true": https://www.factcheckradar.com...

Lie. I've made an explicit point ever since my first post which you've refused to even engage with in bad faith.

Double down. Saying "More people should become wikipedia editors" is not canvassing. It doesn't matter if a bigoted lynch mob lies and says it is, it isn't. Truth is not a popularity contest. "Canvassing" in wikipedia terms would be Sanger explicitly soliciting people to join the website and vote in a specific way. This is why even his fellow co-founder jimbo wales explicitly called out this vote as utter horseshit.

I've made this point consistently from the start, you keep lying about what happened, lying about what I said, and doubling down on your lies every reply.

Projection.

Also, $70K is the median *household* income. The median individual income in Omaha is $41.6K. As gtall said, factor in taxes, healthcare, rent etc... then factor an extra $500-$1000 to register and title your new car, another $1000 annually for vehicle maintenance (except it'll be more than that because for $20K you're buying a used car), and factor in whatever you're spending on gas...

There are far too many variables to do that successfully, and in any event you never know about the road not taken. Which is why I say no one can never tell you you were wrong.

No True Scotsman fallacy.

This is great fodder for lawsuits around competition / anticompetitive business practices, and consumer protection lawsuits.

On their face, individual agreements that lock in prices as a voluntary agreement are enforceable. However, an awful lot of laws kick in when they are more than an individual contract and from the story they're hitting 16 of the biggest ones, and therefore a lot of the market.

Depending on the market such as the country or the state, there are potentially enormous penalties that can be applied. For some laws, the fines can be 2x the gains. If these account for 40% of the company's revenue, the massive fines would mean 80% of their revenue for as long as the profiteering was on the books. In the short term while they grind through the courts they'll look like a windfall, in the long term when court rulings come down they'll look like bankruptcy, as potentially years of revenue get charged to massive fines.

So your take is that consumers want data collection in their vehicles and buying cars based on that? These anti-features have nothing to do with consumer choice, nobody wants them.

This is not limited to US-based manufacturers. Toyota and Subaru also does this and AFAIK they are Japanese companies. KIA and Hyundai does this and they are Korean.

The best possible outcome would be for consumers to be able to buy an EV with no data collection spyware, subscriptions for existing features, and mandatory over the air updates. If this becomes an option due to this Connected Vehicles Rule, then US-based manufacturers may have to stop their anti-consumer practices.

What is also outrageous is that Springer charging 39.95 for digital versions of Planck's papers. Parasites.

I had a major storm that shut down power for days. Everything went down, including cell service. cable, etc. Only my DSL and landline phone kept working because of legacy laws that required telephone lines to be operational in such cases. I can take care of my own house, I have backup generator, but only teleco can take care of communication infrastructure and they won't unless mandated by law, as doing so costs them money.

Again, you are failing to understand why people like Slate.

Bolt has telematics collection via OnStar that is very involved to disable. While Bolt is cheap, it is like most modern EVs is not repairable outside of dealerships. So Bolt is F on privacy and C- on repairability.

Lie

Double down

Project. In the exact way you claimed Sanger was doing in your initial lie.Literally all Sanger did was encourage more people to become wikipedia editors in general. Even Wales called out the pernicious lie that Sanger was "canvassing".

Slashdot at the link. I know because they're the ones out in the streets literally screaming about loving Hitler. If you want a cesspool go check out bluesky.