"No AI used" has already become a major selling point.

@lauren

Hoping for "no IoT" in addition before I have to get a new car.

@bjb @lauren I saw a story the other day about people paying a mechanic to disable the GPS and cellular modems in their car. I guess that's what it's come to. I bought a car a year ago and the dealer put a GPS tracker in it. They didn't ask if they could or tell me about it. I figured it out later. Turns out that's common practice.

@jmorris @lauren

Why did the dealer do that?

@bjb @lauren I think they do it for asset tracking. But it was a cash sale so they had no legitimate reason to do it. I suspect they installed it when they were "detailing" the car right before they handed it over.
@jmorris @bjb Did you disable it?
@lauren @bjb Yes. I had to crawl around under the dashboard for an hour but I got it. Its ODB-II port replaces the existing one and then the original ODB-II port plugs into it. Clever in an evil sort of way. This thread has some pictures: https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/apex-gps-tracking-on-new-gladiator.76603/