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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

"BUT THE CHINESE WILL SPY ON US"

Have you seen what the Yanks have been up to?

I would rather have neither be using my property to spy on me.

[–] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Agreed - my point is that if both are "not great", except one is cheaper....

China wins

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

China uses slavery and genocide to get ahead economically. Maybe we should be avoiding both.

[–] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree - got any ideas how to avoid that and still get reasonably priced electric cars?

America is out: "all you had to do was pay us enough to live"

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Open Source! When you can audit the software you know what's going on!

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Didn't Ford do that, like the literal company. China isn't a car company and I doubt byd has directly committed acts of genocide so that's kinda one up for them

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Chinese businesses don't get the loans they need to grow if they are not 100% inline with the party. BYD may not be a genocidal slave owner but they will support China's decisions every step of the way.

They really did a min-maxed speedrun of capitalism. The rich get to be rich, the government gets to imprison, enslave, and execute anyone who doesn't support them, and that let them undercut all the existing big names in manufacturing. I would bet that there is a Chinese manufactured part in every home in the world that also has electricity and plumbing.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago

China uses slavery and genocide to get ahead economically.

LOL.. like Canada has not?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago

So just disconnect.

OTA can be disabled by user. or, the SIM card can be removed.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Then why are we not investing in making it ourselves?

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Ask the investor class.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If any car manufacturer thought it was profitable it would happen.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

if we waited for things to be profitable before making them we wouldn't have the roads for these cars to drive on

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're conflating infrastructure with consumer goods. Ask Stellantis how well the Dodge Charger EV is going (less than 2,000 units sold).

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Because stellantis makes shitty vehicles in general.