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Sucks that so many things are designed in such a way as to control user behavior, I don't try to control what companies do with the dollars I give them. Look at how tightly Apple controls what you do with their iphone/pad/crap? Bench seats in cars are gone because they want to control where you sit so the safety devices can do their job, cool but I'm an adult who can legally decide to ride a dirt bike with no helmet if I want, I can decide where inside my car I sit too and some of us like bench seats. Visible/reusable/standard-tool-type assembly hardware is gone not for aesthetics but to keep you from tampering with your own car, they put a hood under the hood but over the engine, I'm sure partially to control noise and maintain engine temp. when you hop inside a store for 10 minutes, but also it's a frickin hood hood. That's like putting tires under your tires to keep your tires off the road, or putting a windshield in front of your windshield to keep bugs off your windshield. Once I've made the leap into lifting my hood in the first place, I don't need another hood under it to shield my delicate eyes from the necessary workings of my car. My stomach is strong, I CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW MY CAR FUNCTIONS! Manufacturers had a couple perfectly good size/interface standards for in-car entertainment devices (car stereos and the like) but have almost entirely abandoned them.

For any engineers who may be reading this: Next time I give you my dollar bills for your product, you're only allowed to spend them on subwoofers. Not your mortgage, not the "Gentlemans' Club" and sure as heck not your kids' braces. Only subwoofers. You don't like me controlling how you use the money I traded you for your product? Hey, you started it.