ICE cars are just as reliant on computers. Have you seen the articles on “your car is spying on you” and BMWs heated seat monthly fee?

Plus, when you consider all the emissions controls required by the government versus the car companies trying to make the cars exciting for the consumer, the whole thing ends up one big giant mess of computer and sensors.

Wait, what did Mr. Rogers do?

Privacy is a big one and there’s some good points in this thread, but I’d like to ad that G is an advertising company before anything else. All they’ve every really wanted to do is sell you as a product.