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Why Your New Car Is Nearly Impossible to Fix (And It’s Getting Worse) (www.carsandhorsepower.com)
submitted 3 hours ago by Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The modern automobile is safer, cleaner, more efficient, and more technologically advanced than anything that came before it. Yet those improvements have come at a cost. For many owners, mechanics, and independent repair shops, that cost is repairability.

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 34 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I still don't get how telemetry is even legal.

If I purchase a vehicle from a previous owner, I do not have any agreement with the manufacturer regarding collection of my data.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 hour ago

Clickwrap should have been made illegal when they started doing it a quarter century ago. If I put a tracker on your car, I'm a criminal, but if every automaker drops a clause into the "user terms" on their vehicle sales, then every car you buy gets tracked forever, perfectly legally.

[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

You agree when you use the car.

At least that is the legal claim.

There is a disclaimer when you start the car.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 8 points 1 hour ago

Wait... Every car I ever rented, borrowed or owned never showed a disclaimer anywhere. What are you driving that shows a disclaimer?

[–] Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What choice do consumers have, anyway? Return the car cause you don't agree with the disclaimer?

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

and then what are you gonna buy instead, a second hand car from the mid 90s before they all started adding telemetry modules.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

I did literally that.

The real solution is regulatory, though, because obviously my boycott has done absolutely fuck-all to change manufacturer behavior.