You're not using a smartphone?

> You're not using a smartphone?

I have an iPhone with no social media apps. Mainly use it to check e-mail, Maps, weather, and SMS/RCS.

I feel confident that there is minimal third-party tracking, and that Apple themselves are relatively honest.

That's a concern for privacy focused individuals, who are a very small fraction of the consumer market, despite being common here on HN. If the last few decades have shown anything, it's that most consumers don't rank privacy highly as a desired feature for products in anything but the most abstract ways.

There's zero chance a car manufacturer is going to nuke some of the most desired features of modern automobiles for some undefined cohort of privacy conscious consumers.

Most younger drivers would even buy Chinese vehicles despite their privacy concerns.

https://www.autopacific.com/autopacific-insights/2024/5/22/y...

Some privacy concious customers know that data collected by China is less relevant than data your own legislation could get access to, but that is a different point.

It just should be said, that all these features could perfectly be implemented without violating privacy. You just have to use another system not from Apple and that other advertising company.

I just want to be able to disable things even if they're default on. Or if not a software toggle, perhaps pull out the SIM card so the connectivity goes away.