In a decade or two, they will be electric and there won’t be a carburetor. It will all be more like that parking system. The moment software comes in, much easier to lock people in. That needs to not be the case. It’s always made out that somehow working on software of these things is dangerous, but somehow working on a mechanical machine of controlled explosions of flammable liquid is not. Most people are just going to flash on firmware someone else did.

Surely repairable doesn’t mean no tech, just open tech. I’m sure there is tech features that are worth having. It’s the vendor lockin and enshitification that isn’t.