Once everyone has an electric car and all farts have been smelled, maybe they'll realize they don't need a new car every year or 5.
[1] https://www.iseecars.com/how-long-people-keep-cars-study
What is stopping car companies to do something similar to car batteries for safety or performance reasons?
It is far easier for a manufacturer to control a car and its lifetime with EV and modern ECU stack .
They do not need to allow anyone else to access either . Even the RTR movement is more cautious in asking to be able modify road cars on the road, it is one thing to be able to repair your own tractor , it is another thing when the safety of others on the road .
Automakers can get away with lot of things by citing safety .
Only because I think it’s a travesty when this dig goes unchallenged:
Batteries get old and have voltage drop at high current; that is called physics. Chips reset below a design voltage; that is also called physics. Slower phones are better UX than rebooting under load. Next time, just say “I hate Apple” rather than repeating debunked stuff.
The window in the normal person’s mind for “they’re doing this on purpose” is probably the month of the event announcement, plus the month the event happens in, and then the month afterwards is when the phones ship and friends start getting them. That’s a solid 25% of the year that would look suspicious to a conspiracy theorist.
My iPhone X didn't have shutoff issues, but the battery did swell enough to push out the screen, which Apple replaced for free even with an expired warranty.
Where is I hate apple coming from ? I was merely referencing this well known case