It's what's going on in the car market that keeps me away from any recent model cars. All the electronics that are standard or required, I drove a friends car and while driving the entertainment unit had a big popup asking me if I'd like to connect to Bluetooth the whole time. If I click yes it tells me to pull over before connecting to Bluetooth. Every time you do it it asks you if I want to sync my contacts. That's just one of the small things.

I don't want to be vendor locked in by my car. I just want four wheels and a stereo. EVs are newer and therefore have all that extra shit in them. I'd get one if they were a battery and 4 electric motors with a cab on top, but they're not, I'd get a newer normal car too but it's just too much. These people need to rethink whatever the fuck it is that's going on in their heads because all these products, not just cars, are becoming user hostile and they can only count on the "you'll take it and like it because you have no alternative" business model for so long before sales start to decline. I won't buy anything made after 2012 and I'm not the only one. If it's needlessly tedious it doesn't better my life at all, therefore you don't get my money. I'm not here on this earth for the purpose of accumulating more shit I have to spend my time fussing about with. I'd rather sputter down the road on a 2 stroke engine than click another confirmation dialog, if you want me to live more sustainably quit making me want to rip my fucking hair out.