Everything new is cancerous in this exact same way. Every piece of software, every piece of hardware, every appliance. EVs just happened to scale up production at the same moment that everything was becoming so thoroughly diseased.

Our evil overlords want to make every tool, every convenience, every means of existence require a wifi connection, a smartphone, a web browser, a username and password, and -- most importantly -- a hefty, relentlessly increasing monthly fee.

If they ever get neural implants into us, you'll pay $10 a month to shit.