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On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:43:49 -0700, pyotr filipivich
<[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] on Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:50:18 -0500 typed in
>alt.windows7.general the following:
>>
>>> I have UnGoogled Chrome on a data partition. I keep it around
>>>for testing webpages and emergencies where FF won't work.
>>>But it's almost 300 MB and I don't really want to use it, so I just
>>>keep the portable version stored away.
>>
>>Personally, I'll stick with FFx - and wish Netscape still worked. So
>>dang simple, and that's what simpletons such as I need.
>>
>>Damn lucky I don't have to be a software tekkie to drive a car - yet,
>>that is. But from what I'm hearing from some of my acquaintances who
>>have bought new cars, those days may be over. Either that, or they're
>>trying to scare the hell outta me.
>
> I find it "fascinating" how I can't use a phone while I'm driving,
>but there is a touch screen interface I must use to control the
>AC/heater, navigation, control the lights, wipers, make a 'hands
>free' phone call once I've connected my phone to the car, use the dash
>board infotainment system, all the while it's updating time, weather,
>direction, game scores and headlines. Whether I want that flickering
>in my peripheral vision or not.
>>
I'm going to stick with my 16-year-old Kia.
If I had realized a number of years back what was coming, I would have
picked up another good used car. Fortunately, our Kia - kept in good
repair by a great shop, will be our car for the few years we have
left. Never will I drive that spyware crap that cars have become.
Cars - Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/
It's unbelievable the legal jeopardy one now places themselves in when
driving one of those new evil machines.