There's a window of optimal quality, privacy friendly vs Enshittification of Modern non commercial vehicles.
Coincidentally the cut off date is 2019. Build quality globally fell off a cliff due to inflation and they took the opportunity to implement and lock down anti privacy technology. Multiple incentives now aline to not prioritize the end user.
Similar to big tech the user is no longer the customer as all car companies become unprofitable the actual customers shifts to the state and it's obsession/necessity for control. Geo locked thought controlled citizens become the product and perks subsidies regulatory motes become the payment to stave off creative destruction.
Always online always listening auto updating ai enabled is exactly what the actual customer wants. Tracking and control with a built-in killswitch.
