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Originally Posted by niky
...a term which could just as easily apply to your car's ECM... 
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With the level of electronics in today's cars, with TFT displays, LCD screens everywhere and centralized vehicle control and infotainment systems, adding two more cameras should add less than a hundred dollars to the price tag over two power-adjustable/power-folding outside mirrors. |
You have a point, but let me add this caveat:
As the electronics get cheaper, easier to manufacture and easier to install, the quality tends toward a mean that prioritizes cheapness of manufacturing over durability. Those cameras aren't repairable, so keeping their costs down requires a lot of corner cutting. How many electronic devices are out there whose cameras have failed even as the rest of the device continues to function? Quite a few. It appears to be a bit of a theme around iPads, especially following a software upgrade, and iPads are supposed to be some of the highest-quality home electronic devices you can buy.
Even when cracked into dozens of pieces, you can still usually glean a useful image from a mirror.
And my truck is carbureted.