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No, it shouldn’t be illegal. If it is inferior, they will lose sales and money.

twobitshifter 2y ago
It’s naive to think that cost cutting is leading to lost sales. People may in fact buy the inferior car because it’s more affordable and then end up driving something dangerous.
runeb 2y ago
I believe their comment was about safety, not usability
dredmorbius 2y ago
The automobile industry is one of the canonical examples of the market failing to deliver safety or efficiency until compelled to do so. Ralph Nader in 1967, 57 years ago, interviewed by Studs Terkel: <https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ralph-nader-discusses-his-book-unsafe-any-speed https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ralph-nader-discusses-...> Direct audio: <https://s3.amazonaws.com/wfmt-studs-terkel/published/11364.mp3 https://s3.amazonaws.com/wfmt-studs-terkel/published/11364.m...> (MP3) (The segment is excellent, and whilst in many ways a historical document also strongly informs the recent past, immediate present, and I strongly suspect the future.)
- GrantS 2y ago
  This is an amazing archive of interviews. The audio quality is astounding — you would think these were podcasts from this week. I enjoyed the 1959 discussion with Arthur C. Clarke as well: https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/arthur-charles-clarke-discusses-science-fiction https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/arthur-charles-clarke-...
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    It really is. To quote an earlier comment of mine, the interview archive is immense and diverse. It spans 45 years, from 1952--1997, ran 1 hour each weekday, and the interview guests range from the highly famous to street and school interviews. I've hit on a few gems in particular. The AWS back-end could be browsed or downloaded directly via AWS tools a ways back, and was about 600 GB last I'd checked. You'll have to sort out your own directory of content, however. Much of what's in there still isn't included in the official directory, again, at last check, though that includes numerous fragments and partial-tape interviews. <https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/ https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/> (Previous discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628701>.)
dm319 2y ago
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- dang 2y ago
  Could you please make your substantive points thoughtfully and avoid name-calling and ideological battle? We're trying for curious conversation here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
timeon 2y ago
> If it is inferior, they will lose sales and money. I wish world would work like this. Unfortunately it does not.

It’s naive to think that cost cutting is leading to lost sales. People may in fact buy the inferior car because it’s more affordable and then end up driving something dangerous.

runeb 2y ago

I believe their comment was about safety, not usability

dredmorbius 2y ago

The automobile industry is one of the canonical examples of the market failing to deliver safety or efficiency until compelled to do so. Ralph Nader in 1967, 57 years ago, interviewed by Studs Terkel: <https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ralph-nader-discusses-his-book-unsafe-any-speed https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ralph-nader-discusses-...> Direct audio: <https://s3.amazonaws.com/wfmt-studs-terkel/published/11364.mp3 https://s3.amazonaws.com/wfmt-studs-terkel/published/11364.m...> (MP3) (The segment is excellent, and whilst in many ways a historical document also strongly informs the recent past, immediate present, and I strongly suspect the future.)

GrantS 2y ago
This is an amazing archive of interviews. The audio quality is astounding — you would think these were podcasts from this week. I enjoyed the 1959 discussion with Arthur C. Clarke as well: https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/arthur-charles-clarke-discusses-science-fiction https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/arthur-charles-clarke-...
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  It really is. To quote an earlier comment of mine, the interview archive is immense and diverse. It spans 45 years, from 1952--1997, ran 1 hour each weekday, and the interview guests range from the highly famous to street and school interviews. I've hit on a few gems in particular. The AWS back-end could be browsed or downloaded directly via AWS tools a ways back, and was about 600 GB last I'd checked. You'll have to sort out your own directory of content, however. Much of what's in there still isn't included in the official directory, again, at last check, though that includes numerous fragments and partial-tape interviews. <https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/ https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/> (Previous discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39628701>.)

dm319 2y ago

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dang 2y ago
Could you please make your substantive points thoughtfully and avoid name-calling and ideological battle? We're trying for curious conversation here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

timeon 2y ago

> If it is inferior, they will lose sales and money. I wish world would work like this. Unfortunately it does not.