This sort of crap has fuck all to do with EVs. Why do so many people seem to think that EVs are being enshittified any more than cars with combustion engines?
noxy
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The gall of these motherfuckers is truly astonishing. To be either so incredibly out of touch, or so absolutely shameless, makes me wanna call up every single school bully I ever endured to get their very best bullying tips
the fucking grift of it all.
tpaying a $60 license fee to pearson just to be able to submit fucking required homework.
nah I really think you got it wrong.
big companies spend obscene amounts of money and effort researching how to manipulate and influence people effectively so they can make the most profit they can get away with.
a catchy jingle is an obvious example. not really nefarious (i have strong nostalgia for local business jingles and slogans) tho.
dark patterns on websites are a better example. like how it's really easy to sign up for amazon prime, but canceling amazon prime is impossible to do without having to use a search engine to find the obscure link to the cancellation page.
if you think people influence companies more than the other way wrong, I really gotta urge you to consider another angle.
They even have a turboprop, which is a jet engine with a propeller!
Disgusting. I would never park one in my driveway. What would the neighbors think??
You really shouldn't be worried about Bolts specifically. Way more likely to have an ICE vehicle catch fire than an EV.
And that massive Bolt recall means the used affected ones all have newer batteries anyways
My non-Tesla EV would only be affected by way of more Teslas at non-Tesla chargers. Which, to your point, would be a pretty significant impact to road trips.
But neither I nor most people take road trips more than a few times a year, so even in this extreme case, the impact wouldn't be relevant ~95% of the time.
And to the original topic, this wouldn't brick any EVs or anything like that.
There are no alternatives. Everything is predatory. Blaming consumers is ignorant.
do you also blame EVs for the same shit happening outside the auto industry?
I'm trying to get across that this stuff would have happened even if Tesla never existed.
Ah yeah I did misread you. My apologies.
Though I don't quite agree that EVs are getting more tech than ICE counterpaets. Remember BMW's scandal around subscription heated seats? That definitely was not an EV-specific or EV-biased thing. That's only one example, of course.
Another is Toyota locking remote start behind a subscription - when the remote start was entirely over local radio signals between the car and the keyfob. Definitely not an EV issue.
Or, multiple automakers being caught spying on drivers and selling the data. Much broader than EVs.
On another note, EVs are better for noise, pollution, and climate but they still emit brake dust and tire particles, and they weigh more so they cause a bit more wear and tear on roads. More transit and less cars is vitally necessary, and that includes EVs, so I hope I'm not an EV zealot - just been driving the things for eight years and weirded out by bad info about them