[phpisthebest]

In the age of information ignorance is no longer an option, Before I buy a car, most often the second largest purchase a person will make in their life next to housing. I do i TON of research, I look at insurance rates, I look at Theft Rates for that model, I look on Car Complaints and other Database for common failure items for that model, I have it inspected by a independent mechanic having them pay extra attention to the common failure items. etc

If you just roll in and let the salesman take you for a ride then you deserve the outcome.

[dog_boxer72]

Yes anyone who doesn’t have the knowledge/time/motivation/cynicism to prevent themselves getting taken advantage of is basically asking for it, nay “deserves” it.

/sarcasm

[YeBanKo]

Yeah, and if you did not read T&S and now going to become a part of human centipede, that’s on you. I mean, how hard can it be to read a 22 page legalese, before going through a sign up flow, that was heavily optimized to increase conversion?

[fargle]

anyone who thinks there is anybody in the universe other than themselves that is going to take responsibility for their safety, security, happiness, etc. absolutely "deserves" what they get.

[YeBanKo]

Should we allow cars without seatbelt? Everyone knows cars with seatbelts are safer. If consumers don’t like it, they can just choose to buy the ones with seatbelts.

[CivBase]

Do you look up the software security measures implemented by the keyfob too? That information would be very difficult for a layperson to find and make sense of.

This may be the "age of information", but information is only useful as your ability to find, understand, and evaluate it.

[Geisterde]

Lets see, oooo tiktok, heres the kia challenge. Or maybe google "are kias secure". Whatever format you can understand, you will be presented several sources that explain the situation quite clearly.

[vsuperpower2020]

Car thefts are extremely dangerous for everyone on or near the road. It's obviously better to just not allow car manufacturers to neglect basic security practices. There's also entire categories of issues you don't have to research anymore because they've been optimized out of every modern car. Soon cars being hacked with toys will be added to that list for you. Notably, "airbag explosion rate" wasn't on that research project of yours.

[electriclove]

It's obviously better to just kill anyone that steals a car. I doubt anyone would try to steal a car after a few examples have been made.

[danielheath]

> In the age of information ignorance is no longer an option

The age of information was great.

In the age of misinformation, knowledge outside your specialty is no longer cheap enough to reliably obtain.

[Geisterde]

What world do you live in? The statistics are pretty clear and accessible. Are you so obsessed with something you cant attend to your own basic needs?

[fargle]

so in what age was ignorance a good option?