Cars aren't exactly a good example on how to curb enshittification, as the car industry pioneered enshittification and found a way around regulations every time so far.
A person working close to a military would avoid many “military grade” products and so on.
It's as with anything manufactured for a public institution. It won a bid by being the cheapest (and/or bribing an official). Once you know that, you'll look at the world with different eyes.
Pretty much anyone who speaks of "tech" tends to have no idea of that they are talking about. Same applies to people using "cyber" as if it was a real word outside of Science Fiction, and a very niche niche branch of engineering that doesn't necessarily deal with computers.
Cars don't take after phones, phones took after cars. The car industry pioneered enshittification in the mid 2000s. It started with crazy shit like lights where you had to disassemble half of the car in order to change a burnt out bulb.
Weld on a hex nut and it works with normal tools. Or don't buy a BMW. They have been well known for building overpriced scrap on wheels for decades by now.
The original Nazis also didn't pay all their Nazis. The infamous SA brownshirts weren't typically paid for instance. They did it because they liked it.
Du sprichst kein Deutsch, davon aber genug, um auf Deutsch mit einem Arschtritt zu drohen? Und mein Ziel war immer, in vielen Sprachen ein Bier bestellen zu können...
Cars aren't exactly a good example on how to curb enshittification, as the car industry pioneered enshittification and found a way around regulations every time so far.