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 I got personal use on a beautiful Silverado Elevation through work and I just can’t believe how deep the Google integration is on it. $70k to drive around a giant smart phone that’s tracking everything by default if you let it. 

I spent an hour going through menus just to shut down all of the services I could access that were tracking EVERYTHING and even trying to suck personal usage and contact info off of my phone. 

Now that I have that done, it’s like I’ve broken its brain. Error messages every time I start it up, complaining that it can’t do its job if I don’t enable Google services. 

All I want is a naturally aspirated 1987 Chev Silverado 4x4 with a 5.7L V8 stroker and no computer in it. Keep the heated seats and steering wheel and media centre with the IMAX sized screen lol https://image.nostr.build/ae6d146de93f565f2e47fbb4373301c0b41eceef5af1cde597c1d5a07d68c22f.jpg