> The first cars broke down all the time. They had a limited range. There wasn't a vast supply of parts for them. There wasn't a vast industry of experts who could work on them.

I mean, there was and then there wasn't. All of those things are shrinking fast because we handed over control to people who care more about profits than customers because we got too comfy and too cheap, and now right to repair is screwed.

Honestly, I see llm-driven development as a threat to open source and right to repair, among the litany of other things