What are they going to use? Firefox?
with ublock origin, yes
They’ll have to use some sort of mosaic.
How would that possibly give them an edge?
They might have to explore more options
You mean like a navigator?
Not sure if they would gopher that
Damnit. This thread is become a real opera at this point.
Nice
As much as I appreciate that added bit of flash and glamour of chrome, the health problems from dealing with that shit are nassssssty. I also feel like the younger generations of purchasers are looking less for chrome than my generation.
I’m 30, it’s not that I don’t want chrome, it’s more like I don’t care either way and I’m not paying more for it because I just don’t care about it
Lol that is probably the real answer. The Young’s don’t like the look of it so they are not using it
At least at one major auto maker, environmental and serious health concerns are outweighing its aesthetic appeal.
Are they going to stop making cars with huge front hoods which are hugely dangerous to pedestrians? Or stop marketing their cars as if they’re meant to be driven dangerously?
They’re referring to Tesla right? They replaced chrome with black a while ago.
At least at one major auto maker, environmental and serious health concerns are outweighing its aesthetic appeal.
Suuurree they are. Hasn’t chromium getting more expensive over the past couple years? I’m guessing this sudden concern about the environment and the health of the workers will save them quite a bit of money in the long term.
Still, credit where credit is due, at least this cost cutting measure that actually has positive benefits for once.
Here in Detroit, Stellantis just asked for their factory to be allowed to pollute more, despite neighbors pushing back at how much they already pollute.
They really should make polished aluminum a thing. It’s so hot looking if you take care of it.
What exactly is involved in taking care of it?
If it involves more than a couple trips through the automatic car wash a year I’d personally rather just forego the shiny bits altogether.
You usually need to buff it because calcium builds up on it. If your in the states eighteen wheelers gas tanks are usually made of aluminum and they pay good money to get them polished.
Or acid wash whitens them, but I don’t like that look, since it isn’t mirror finish.
That’s very surprising to me, I’d always assumed tankers were stainless steel. Do they have to have a lining inside?
They would have to now days. I don’t t think they originally did. My understanding is the stainless steel ones rust quickly.
It’s also very expensive compared to other finish options like plating or different types of paint. I would be surprised if price wasn’t also a factor.
(source: I used to work in metal fabrication)
I would be surprised if price wasn’t the only factor and they’re just talking about employees’ health for PR reasons
Chrome doesn’t really look good on late model cars anyway
