How are you going to fix your car when the part that needs replacing can only be replaced with a part from the original manufacturer matched to your ECU and they stopped making them?

Of course the part needs to integrate with the onboard computers so needs to be signed so it can’t be a used part. To prevent theft of course.

The replacement process requires special tools only provided to technicians at Brand Name dealers, or you’ll brick your ECU. Again to prevent theft you understand.

Now you’ll need to buy an entirely new vehicle because you can’t replace a throttle position sensor that costs $12 to produce.

If you think that’s far fetched… look into what John Deere does.

Capitalism is sprinting past the worst imaginings of the Unabomber.

That doesn’t mean his methods are justifiable or that industrialisation was a mistake but he was ahead of the curve in understanding where capitalists would seek to extract profit.

Okay okay, I get it, however that won't stop me from saying that cars are a disaster and should have never been invented.