Apr 16, 2023·edited Apr 16, 2023Liked by Mr Law, Health and Technology
"in trying to ‘help us’ and ‘reduce the ability for car thieves to sell on the parts they strip from stolen cars’, car manufacturers have added computer chips to almost every minor component of modern motor vehicles, with software checks that continuously poll each item across the car’s CANBUS network to make sure it reports as belongin to ‘your’ car."
That's obviously bullshit.
That "feature" is NOT to "help" us, it's to lock us into a regime of needing to buy overpriced replacement parts, and spend extra getting dealers to program them. It has nothing whatsoever to do with preventing theft. It's about killing DIY auto repairs and small independent repair shops.
"the primary intention that motor vehicle manufacturers and regulators claimed for chipping and coding these parts was an abject failure. Or possibly a smoke screen for something else… revenue raising perhaps?"
Yes, revenue-raising, of course. What few ever do is to follow the money timeline far enough. Auto manufacturers employ some of the most sophisticated analytics available, and have done for many decades.
Of particular interest to them is regulatory capture, and no wonder. If they do not adapt to.... say, changing emissions standards, for instance, they will fail compliance and be prevented from shipping product. One need only review the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal to obtain a rudimentary grasp of how this works and what is at stake.
They are smart people that are better at reading the "tea leaves" of governmental shifts far more accurately than anyone gives them credit for, and their planning timeline spans decades.
Research and development is costly, and those costs must be amortized. As always, it is the consumer that shoulders those costs.
Anyone who thinks that consumer demand drove the addition of a "one touch down" window feature, isn't paying attention. This feature is a prime example, because there is no weight (emissions) or material (sourcing cost reduction) advantage to replacing a twelve volt wire from switch to window motor with a low-voltage signal and a DDM (Driver Door Module.)
The endpoint is autonomous vehicle deployment as prevention of private ownership, a whole-of-government approach deployed in conjunction with housing development to accommodate regulatory agendas. The replacement of simple and effective automotive subsystems is not driven by consumer demand for more features, except peripherally as a matter of competition between brands, driven by salesmanship that always leverages the weaknesses exposed by behavioral science and simple observation of the power of consumer envy.
The primary financial winner of this game is the tech sector and the biggest loser is the consumer.
The automotive manufacturers have only two choices; adapt to the evolving regulatory environment or die.
Of COURSE it's all about the money; always only and ever. There is no moral determinant to this, it's an economic necessity and economic necessities are also part of how we are fed and sheltered.
"in trying to ‘help us’ and ‘reduce the ability for car thieves to sell on the parts they strip from stolen cars’, car manufacturers have added computer chips to almost every minor component of modern motor vehicles, with software checks that continuously poll each item across the car’s CANBUS network to make sure it reports as belongin to ‘your’ car."
That's obviously bullshit.
That "feature" is NOT to "help" us, it's to lock us into a regime of needing to buy overpriced replacement parts, and spend extra getting dealers to program them. It has nothing whatsoever to do with preventing theft. It's about killing DIY auto repairs and small independent repair shops.
"the primary intention that motor vehicle manufacturers and regulators claimed for chipping and coding these parts was an abject failure. Or possibly a smoke screen for something else… revenue raising perhaps?"
Yes, revenue-raising, of course. What few ever do is to follow the money timeline far enough. Auto manufacturers employ some of the most sophisticated analytics available, and have done for many decades.
Of particular interest to them is regulatory capture, and no wonder. If they do not adapt to.... say, changing emissions standards, for instance, they will fail compliance and be prevented from shipping product. One need only review the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal to obtain a rudimentary grasp of how this works and what is at stake.
They are smart people that are better at reading the "tea leaves" of governmental shifts far more accurately than anyone gives them credit for, and their planning timeline spans decades.
Research and development is costly, and those costs must be amortized. As always, it is the consumer that shoulders those costs.
Anyone who thinks that consumer demand drove the addition of a "one touch down" window feature, isn't paying attention. This feature is a prime example, because there is no weight (emissions) or material (sourcing cost reduction) advantage to replacing a twelve volt wire from switch to window motor with a low-voltage signal and a DDM (Driver Door Module.)
The endpoint is autonomous vehicle deployment as prevention of private ownership, a whole-of-government approach deployed in conjunction with housing development to accommodate regulatory agendas. The replacement of simple and effective automotive subsystems is not driven by consumer demand for more features, except peripherally as a matter of competition between brands, driven by salesmanship that always leverages the weaknesses exposed by behavioral science and simple observation of the power of consumer envy.
The primary financial winner of this game is the tech sector and the biggest loser is the consumer.
The automotive manufacturers have only two choices; adapt to the evolving regulatory environment or die.
Of COURSE it's all about the money; always only and ever. There is no moral determinant to this, it's an economic necessity and economic necessities are also part of how we are fed and sheltered.
Actual psychopaths run your country.
https://open.substack.com/pub/corbettreport/p/flashback-our-leaders-are-psychopaths?r=qx9b5&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post