People are clamoring for Ford F-150s now trapped in Detroit parking lot

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The global chip shortage is starting to have major real-world consequences

The severity of the global chip shortage has gone up a notch over the last few weeks and it’s now looking as though millions of people will be impacted.

As technology has advanced, semiconductor chips have spread from computers and cars to toothbrushes and tumble dryers — they now lurk beneath the hood of a surprising number of products.

But demand for chips is continuing to outstrip supply, and car makers are no longer the only companies feeling the pinch.

Alan Priestley, an analyst at Gartner, told CNBC that the average person on the street is bound to be impacted by the chip shortage in one form or another.

we on this site already knew this, right?

live by the tech, die by the tech.
at what point do we become TOO dependent? or are we already (see fuel pipeline, hacked)