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I'll just say that if you honestly think AC in a car is a comparable feature to a network enabled fridge then we're never going to agree on anything.

Is the AC necessary to operate the vehicle?

Cars in the United States were sold with air conditioning as an optional feature until maybe 20 years ago

There are still regions of the world where air conditioning is an optional feature in automobiles.

I truly have no idea what point you're trying to make