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Awful writing. Cant stand that LLM generated drivel. Ruins it for me.<p>On the topic however I do wish there was a fully disconnected modern car. Maybe a Corolla with base trim has no starlink?
I know you can yank the modem out of a SuperDuty. Say what you will about them, they're work-oriented despite the luxury packages available and don't force you into being treated like the product -- Ford will track your location if you don't pull the modem, but at least it isn't necessary for the ICU and it doesn't nag you about the anything being disconnected. Fuel prices and gas economy are another issue...<p>(You may be able to do this with other Ford models)
The transition started with drive-by-wire and the CAN bus, but the moment they added cellular modems, the dashboard became a platform. Automakers are currently running the exact same programmatic targeting logic as web publishers and in-store retail networks. The only difference is they conveniently left out all the consent infrastructure we forced onto the web.<p>Tried to look at the actual ad-tech and architecture driving this rather than just doing another "touchscreens are bad" rant.
$60k min, 80+month loans, Insurance++, and you are still the product. So much for the freedom of the open road.