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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

LOLWUT, I only buy cars that old or older. Why would I spend an absolute fortune on a new-ish car that I barely use anyway when I can get a perfectly reliable older car fir a fraction of the price?

My current car doesn’t have an infotainment system or any kind of connectivity. It has a 6 slot CD changer.

[–] MrStetson@suppo.fi 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)

And if you want connectivity or infotainment you can just install an aftermarket system, still not anywhere as near invasive as new cars integrated ones

[–] eldavi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

i’ve learned the hard way that the aftermarket makers have learned that planned obsolescence makes them more $$$ and going for similarly aged infotainment systems work longer than many of the new stuff

[–] MrStetson@suppo.fi 2 points 3 months ago

I have no experience about more complex infotainment aftermarket systems but if it can connect to android and add functionality that way they not obsolete as fast. But pretty much all tech nowdays has planned obsolescence which sucks

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