Recently, lawmakers have been discussing cars. Among the topics are a change to gas mileage requirements, a removal of any sort of emissions standards, and a notion that computers need to be removed from cars.
There's reasoning on this last one - according to them - is that the cars could be more like older models, with simple engines that are powerful, sometimes loud, and which allow the drive to control the car (certainly something we've strayed from, since cars in control these days. Heck even stick shifts on most current cars don't engage the engine to change how it physically operates; the shifting tells the computer to adjust the engine). There was also some nonsense about needing to be able to touch physical buttons rather than touching a screen (which felt very generational).
But here's the bigger picture: these computers collect billions of dollars worth of data about you and your driving habits. Do you think the car manufactures will simply give that up?
Just take a look at this article and the power play move with apple here. This is about collecting, controlling, and selling information about you. It's about money.
