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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3214/
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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They said when cable tv started that it would be ad free, it was for a while. Then you'd own your media, now it is all streaming. Then you'd have your own software, now it is going to subscription based more and more. Why would you think the current state of tech is the way it will always be? Car companies are already going towards data gathering though it isn't limited to EVs. It is much easier to control every aspect of your vehicle though with an EV.