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Why in the fuck can't I purchase a non connected vehicle?
The main reason is safety; in many parts of the world, an automatic emergency call in case of an accident is mandatory. For this to be possible, the car needs to be connected. I know Russia, China, Japan, and the EU have these rules. I think it was mandatory in parts of the US as well, but I'm not sure.
I just want to point out that in order to call emergency services on mobile networks you don't need a sim card nor a modem or writing telemetry on the nand so often and so much that it bricks the car within a few years
You can have a car make an emergency automated call without having the car company, their partners, and the government inserted 3 feet up your rectum tracking everything everywhere.
Who's safety though? The car owner that chooses to not have this system? The other driver that can choose whether or not to have such a system? The inanimate infrastructure that was involved in the accident?
Slate Auto next year. Don't get the telematics module.
Oh, but you can build yourself one.
/s
You can…until they come for the kits and older cars. It’s also expensive and takes a while, too.
Someone from around here built themselves an A Ford. Second best disconnection only to the original Mercedes. Took them a couple decades, though.
“A Ford”? A Model A you mean?
Correct