We're complaining about the prevalence of technology used to abuse us, not that the vehicle uses advanced alloys, or a CAN bus. The problem is not "technology" and that framing is either disingenuous or a clear betrayal of a lack of understanding of the issues at hand. Why do so many nerds think they're experts in every category? Some of us have worked on cars for decades and know some real things about the benefits and drawbacks of modern designs.

Somehow, a bunch of people have convinced themselves that Americans are shit because a third of us want shit, a third of us will put up with shit without even complaining, and the last third is divided between those who only complain and those who only vote. The numbers of people doing anything else are a rounding error.

Slashdotters have always discussed ramifications of technology, not only the technology itself. You just don't know anything about where you are.

When's the last time you saw a cell tower located on a ridgeline? Yeah, the tower I regularly walk by while getting my lunch has a generator, but the one that was out near my home for 3 days after the last significant quake clearly doesn't.

I live in Rio Dell, CA. When we had our last significant quake the Verizon tower went down after a few hours and was out for the extent of the outage, almost 3 days. They promised to bring in a generator to power the tower and then... just didn't bother.

News for nobody. Stuff that doesn't matter.

Have you ever swapped a door on any car?

Everyone involved including ASML has made it clear that will not result in China holding working equipment.

No, they wouldn't, not if that someone is an average child.

It is the driver's responsibility not to kill people in crosswalks whether they are paying attention or not. How many people have you driven over?

That's not going to make China catch up to "the US" because it's not China vs the US. It's China vs. the world. Literally no country wants China to be in charge of chip production except maybe Russia, and even then only because 1) they have absolutely no hope of being competitive themselves, ever, given the way they run their country; and 2) China is still happy to do business with Russia since no one can afford to sanction them for it.

Probably, but no US automaker will be among those. The US won't let them fail because they are defense contractors. If we have a war we need them to make vehicles. The bulk of units will be drones, but we will still need tanks and whatnot.

No fucking shit. All the AI companies are working "with" their respective governments. So what?

Apparent to who, crack smokers? A lot more has changed since 1970 than just the hood lines. If you don't understand that then you're fundamentally underequipped to participate in this conversation.

I'm asking you to come up to speed on your own without expecting everyone else to do the work for you, like an adult would. Pretend you are one.

No one said that. Stop making shit up.

No, we did not. We know that's not why we did it because we did not end slavery. We only made it the sole privilege of the state. If you could read, and read the amendments to the constitution, you'd know this.

Fuck off, illiterate.

Pricing and costs are only slightly related. Infotainment in particular is grossly overpriced.

Learn to Internet, troll