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Remember curved TVs? Remember 3D for TVs? That was essentially technology bullet-point features, but since they flopped hard you can no longer buy curved TVs o

Remember curved TVs? Remember 3D for TVs? That was essentially technology bullet-point features, but since they flopped hard you can no longer buy curved TVs or 3D TVs. Turns out if people really don't want shit, it disappears again, no matter how hard various corporations push the shit.

izacus 4y ago
Except that you can't "not buy" a vehicle you need for transport just because the manufacturers decided to remove the latch from the glove compartment. Your logic only works in healthy markets like TVs where you could buy _EQUIVALENT_ device without the curvature or 3D. Meanwhile with cars this isn't true - the touchscreen crap trend is being implemented across the market (since its cheaper) and many people can't freely choose a model and brand of their car (either due to costs, dealer availability or other factors like interior space or fuel consumption requirements). If you'd be able to buy the same car, just with different control stack, THAT would enable the behaviour you describe.
- narcraft 4y ago
  And yet somehow I own and drive a vehicle that has no touchscreens in it!
- jaclaz 4y ago
  >Your logic only works in healthy markets like TVs where you could buy _EQUIVALENT_ device without the curvature or 3D. Excuse me, but the TV is not at all "a healthy market", in a healthy market you would have choices for non-smart TV sets or - even more simply - decently priced simple monitors.
  - fomine3 4y ago
    Yeah, this is better example than curved/3D. Curved TVs are minority and 3D is completely harmless (that's why they can add it for cheap even though very few contents). Smart TV is the default and isn't harmless.
- prepend 4y ago
  > Meanwhile with cars this isn't true - the touchscreen crap trend is being implemented across the market There’s many manufacturers and millions of used cars.
bmitc 4y ago
That's not necessarily true. For example, Apple is the king of both additive and subtractive bullet point features, and they sell like hotcakes.
smolder 4y ago
Imagine if we always had the option to vote with our money. We could still have dumb TVS, and computers controlled by their owners.
NotYourLawyer 4y ago
Curiously, I can still buy a TV that puts ads in its UI. Nobody wanted that…
- Macha 4y ago
  Sadly the TV makers only wanted 3D TVs or curved TVs so they had a marketing bullet point, so they lost interest when consumers didn't want them that much. The makers also want ads in TVs for additional revenue streams, so customer wants can go jump off a cliff for all they care.
- mrighele 4y ago
  A TV with ads on its UI can be cheaper that the ad-free equivalent and a lot of people want cheaper stuff
  - esperent 4y ago
    They are not though.
- propogandist 4y ago
  I’m sure there’s a car company that plans to use Touchscreen as advertising space. Maybe it’s recommendations on your map, or a small banner ad. A great opportunity to serve Ads to a captive audience

izacus 4y ago

Except that you can't "not buy" a vehicle you need for transport just because the manufacturers decided to remove the latch from the glove compartment. Your logic only works in healthy markets like TVs where you could buy _EQUIVALENT_ device without the curvature or 3D. Meanwhile with cars this isn't true - the touchscreen crap trend is being implemented across the market (since its cheaper) and many people can't freely choose a model and brand of their car (either due to costs, dealer availability or other factors like interior space or fuel consumption requirements). If you'd be able to buy the same car, just with different control stack, THAT would enable the behaviour you describe.

narcraft 4y ago
And yet somehow I own and drive a vehicle that has no touchscreens in it!
jaclaz 4y ago
>Your logic only works in healthy markets like TVs where you could buy _EQUIVALENT_ device without the curvature or 3D. Excuse me, but the TV is not at all "a healthy market", in a healthy market you would have choices for non-smart TV sets or - even more simply - decently priced simple monitors.
- fomine3 4y ago
  Yeah, this is better example than curved/3D. Curved TVs are minority and 3D is completely harmless (that's why they can add it for cheap even though very few contents). Smart TV is the default and isn't harmless.
prepend 4y ago
> Meanwhile with cars this isn't true - the touchscreen crap trend is being implemented across the market There’s many manufacturers and millions of used cars.

bmitc 4y ago

That's not necessarily true. For example, Apple is the king of both additive and subtractive bullet point features, and they sell like hotcakes.

smolder 4y ago

Imagine if we always had the option to vote with our money. We could still have dumb TVS, and computers controlled by their owners.

NotYourLawyer 4y ago

Curiously, I can still buy a TV that puts ads in its UI. Nobody wanted that…

Macha 4y ago
Sadly the TV makers only wanted 3D TVs or curved TVs so they had a marketing bullet point, so they lost interest when consumers didn't want them that much. The makers also want ads in TVs for additional revenue streams, so customer wants can go jump off a cliff for all they care.
mrighele 4y ago
A TV with ads on its UI can be cheaper that the ad-free equivalent and a lot of people want cheaper stuff
- esperent 4y ago
  They are not though.
propogandist 4y ago
I’m sure there’s a car company that plans to use Touchscreen as advertising space. Maybe it’s recommendations on your map, or a small banner ad. A great opportunity to serve Ads to a captive audience