At least on K8s you can control the network policy. That's the harder problem to solve. I suspect we'll see a lot of exfiltration via prompt injection in the next few years.

Paying for content works just fine

These TCO reports include maintenance. The first one includes insurance. Insurance can be cheap. It varies wildly.

The 23-25 RAV4 prime has a recall where the instrument cluster goes blank. AFAIK the whole thing needs to be replaced. Sounds just like the Ioniq ICCU issues.

Model 3 TCO is very competitive for all sedans. But yes, there are a lot of luxury EVs and EVs with questionable reliability.

https://www.self.inc/info/expensive-cars-to-run/

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/the-cos...