My car (Honda EDM) is 2018 and is - if we want to make lousy parallels - essentially a "dumb phone". Sadly I will have to get rid of it and buy an electric or plug-in hybrid due to legislation. The only way not to get my soul sucked in would be to keep it airgapped, if that's even possible.
The whole situation is an all too perfect example of "if they can do it, they will": the moment there was an upstream link manufacturers jumped on the occasion to mass-enshitify their cars.
Of note, Mazda is conspicuously absent from the report, I would have been quite curious about their stance here given they were among the rare ones resisting the virtual-knobs-on-a-big-screen move.
What jurisdiction is forcing you to replace your ICE car with an electric or hybrid?
Mine is ranked tier 2 (EURO V petrol) and will be forbidden to drive starting January 2025.
The only ones allowed will be tier 1 (EURO VI petrol) and tier 0 (EV and PHEV).
There's no calendar yet for tier 1, but I'm sure as hell not going to buy a tier 1 car and find myself in the same spot of having a perfectly maintained and efficient car with a lot of mileage remaining that I can't resell or have to scrap in 3-5 years when (PH)EVs will be the only ones allowed.