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by qbasic_forever 1848 days ago
I'm surprised more folks haven't made the connection that the chip shortage is causing drastic changes to manufacturing like this. Some new trucks have gotten rid of their navigation systems, backup cameras, etc. because they can't source the chips: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-06/chip-shor... Things are getting somewhat dire for manufacturing.