Many that were with us from the start have retired or cutting back on some of the more technical jobs preferring to contract jobs out or send them to dealers, mainly because many jobs now require dealer tools, software updates and tech info direct from dealer sites
Our daily logs still show many using the site, the archives are popular (15 years of archives) and many just seeing whats going on
But probably the biggest thing by far as Aidan points out is social media ie: Facebook Groups, there are 100's if not 1000's of groups on just about every aspect of our trade. Great for a quick fix. I have viewed many any my concern is that all this valuable information is being shared with anyone who cares to join
Many of the groups have been created by employees of high profile companies for the sole purpose of gathering information for scan tool data and targeted marketing, even specialist software to hive relevant info FOR FREE (I know one company that does this)
I for one no longer frequent these groups as they can begin to take over your life, hours and hours every day checking your phone or PC
I hope UKAT can still be a place to share information and ask for help. Our trade is changing so quickly, god knows what we will be posting about over the next few years
Peter
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