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[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I'm not in any way trying to downplay how bad the cyber-dumpster is, but is that an adequate sample size to extrapolate the fiery-death rate? The article says 17 times the rate of the Pinto, but it was only 5 total fires.

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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I mean they made millions of Pintos so yeah

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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Different person, but the Pinto controversy was overblown. Media hype made it an issue when it had similar incident rates with other vehicles at the time.

Ford Pinto - Wikipedia https://share.google/A9xMle5N02j1gPmCl

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[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 28 points 4 months ago (1 child)

The biggest issue with the Pinto was not the Pinto itself, it was how Ford discussed the potential issues with it internally. It was their very well documented preference for money over protecting human life that caused the controversy.

We know this really happens all the time, at all companies and in all industries, but Ford was punished for saying the quiet part out loud (amongst themselves) and getting caught doing it. We are all supposed to at least put on a show of human lives being more important than money, and Ford failed to put on the show, and for that they were punished.

We still don't care about human life, but at least we all felt better about it afterwards.

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[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

There's an episode of Swindled all about how Ford knew this was a flaw and allowed it to happen so that they could compete in the lower end market.