I certainly have mixed feelings. I want an EV because of what it has to offer. I was really second guessing my decision when i realized the direction they are heading and how the new UI changes make sense to me now. I still think about canceling my order every day.
But now i look at the car like a smart phone. It really is a variation of that. Originally i had a dumb mobile phone. It worked great for phone calls. Then i got a phone that could send texts, which was awesome. Then smart phones came out and obviously i got one. Fast forward to today, and now i carry a device that monitors my every move ( i believe it listens too - i have a conversation with someone and next thing i know, i'm seeing ads everywhere, seemingly out of the blue). My phone controls me as much as i control it.
Changes to my phones UI may infuriate me, because i own the damn thing. But how much sense does it make to think your opinion matters at all? Who would you even complain to? If i knew this in the beginning, i may have said count me out - no smart phone for me. But i would miss out on the benefits of the technology that most everyone else enjoys. Resistance really is futile.
We're at the very beginning of seeing this newfangled personal entertainment/surveillance/data vacuum/controlling device, being introduced into the world. Just like that first smartphone, i could delay it, but not indefinitely. It's only a matter of time. I'm just going to give in now and enjoy it while i can - while it still brings more pleasure than pain. But eventually i will serve it more than it serves me - just like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. It will nudge me in subtle directions and make me the person it wants me to be. And i won't be able to live without it. Genius.
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