low-bandwidth data plans in bulk are pretty cheap. it's what many atms, vending machines, redbox and similar, etc., along with sensors and gauges, and what-not for a variety of applications, use.
over the expected lifespan of a car, it would cost the manufactures less than they charge for a set of floor mats.
those other three you mention are mainly for coding or technical help, while pastebins definitely have other 'use cases'
i have enough.. uh... 'archived' content that i don't need to 'discover' anything new for years.
some of their cars and trucks may still be wrapped-around a tree or in a ditch, or were impounded. and you can get ticketed for driving them without a license, but you can't get a ticket for cruising down the road on a lawn tractor without one (afaik, you could still get a dui though).
world's largest vendor of smartphones; largest manufacturer would technically be foxconn, wouldn't it?
around here, people use "alternate" vehicles, like atv, snowmobiles, lawn mowers and tractors, etc. to get to the bars because they lost their license. have not seen a forklift parked outside of one, though----yet.
fedex ground is still like the old rps, a poorly-managed collection of contractors and sub-contractors. only the air freight ('express') is really 'fedex'.
that's the next step in the corporations' efforts to slap ads on everything
you really think it takes that much data to send a small compressed json or xml file with just the pertinent data?
a kitchen timer or a timer on your phone will be close enough. set it for your own estimate based on experience when you get back in the house from stuffing a load in the washer.
"Error: Wi-Fi must be enabled and connected to load detergent."
even netscape/mozilla was in on this game, with the open directory project (dmoz). aol eventually shut it down, but it apparently lives on independently as curlie.org - but i have no idea how current it is or anything.