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You’re only a customer if you pay them. If you don’t, then you’re the product, and they can’t sell your eyeballs to advertisers if you block their ads.

Yes, there were similar vulnerabilities found around 5 years ago, known as Meltdown and Spectre.

I drove a manual for years, but my most recent vehicle has a CVT and paddle shifters if I want to drive “manual”. The difference in the feel of shifting is very noticeable, and I don’t like using the paddles since it feels so bad.