I'm still holding out hope that eventually consumer backlash will be such that the trend of turning modern cars into smartphones with all the anti-privacy and monetization features will stop. Or at least there will be some modern alternative.
Until then I'm thankful my older cars are working well.
https://www.wired.com/story/police-records-car-subscription-features-surveillance/
Catholic father of 10. Programmer by trade. I like reading, writing, running, geocaching, chess, spending time with my family.