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Okay, that's another way of saying everyone pays for it through higher prices or taxes or whatever, and you can't opt out of it.


That applies to all state mandated stuff I suppose. But it does mean the system can benefit from an economy of scale.


Wait until you hear about seat belts.


Seat belts don’t spy on me.


Seat occupancy sensor for the airbag sure does, it even weighs your ass.


The occupancy sensor isn’t the problem — the problem is the mandatory cellular uplink that shares the data with the manufacturer.




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