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[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 year ago

Yup. Unfortunately, since most people seem to prefer the dystopian futuretech, all auto manufacturers are going to employ it. Just like with cell phones. The last phone I know of with 16:9 aspect ratio and no blighted hole punch or notch was in 2018. There's a market full of us luddites who prefer the old ways, but we're invisible to manufacturers because it's more profitable to make something that more people want to buy, and we're forced to buy that garbage as well anyway.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

You forgot about the programmed obsolescence.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it goes further than just designing the hardware to only last a few years, all of these electronics ensure that the car is fucked as soon as the necessary online services go down. Meanwhile a well-maintained '93 Geo Metro, driven in the south where they don't salt the roads every year, can last decades.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I've had my 2010 Mazda 3 for 13 years now and I'm taking every precaution to keep it as long as I can.

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

hi, I'm looking to buy my first car and have my eyes on the 2015 Mazda 3 but it is a little bit over my budget. Would you recommend getting the 2010-2013 Mazda 3 in 2023? Or just downgrade to a 2015 Mazda 2?

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The 2010-2013 ones have a few problems because they're the first of a new series. And it was when the company was breaking off with Ford and still had crap American parts.

There was a 2012 update where they added the skyactiv engine and made a few improvements to the body and a new facelift. I recommend you get that one. It has better gas consumption and has better handling while maintaining the same interior. Although I think the interior dash lighting is blue instead of red.

You can see what I mean in the Wikipedia page here.

[-] gullible@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

There are some positives and negatives to the desire for old form factors. Secondhand phones from 2018 cost much less than new ones but lack some of the new features like… I can’t think of any.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

New features, like the absolute gutting of Tasker's capabilities

[-] odium@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago
[-] gullible@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I believe you on 5g, but hasn’t nfc become rarer rather than more common over time? Has there been a resurgence of nfc in recent years??

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

All contactless payments use it. All your cards have it. All phones that you. Can pay from (which I don't know any new brand that doesn't offer this feature) uses it.

I guess that covid was the resurgence, with all the banks and businesses setting up nfc cards and payment machines for zero touch payments.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

forced to buy

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