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People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars
- kykeonaut 3y agoJust wait until they add AI voice assistants to the windshield wipers.
- mydriasis 3y agoYeah! I don't want all this trash! I want knobs! And I want simple bluetooth connectivity OR just an _AUX cable_! All of the tech is worthless. I want it simple.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoOh no, how the OEM manufactures are going to serve you ads, when your car won't have internet connection, obviously paid by you?
- red-iron-pine 3y agoyeah +1 for knobs. a screen -- touch or not -- is useful for setting things up when the car isn't in motion, but touchscreens are going to get people killed. i live in a city and don't even mess with the touch screen / volume / AC while on city streets since it requires a lot of attention and people tend to rapidly pop out of nowhere.
- bdavbdav 3y agoYou can pry CarPlay from my cold dying hands.
- jtode 3y agoWake me up when they get tired of all the useless tech in their internet.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoWell people pay for features in cars which they don't want and it is making the car as a whole more expensive. More features in the internet does not raise my internet fee.
- jtode 3y agoDoesn't it? Edit: I don't disagree about cars, I just think there's some car tech that's extremely useful, like, my kid's new car has cruise control that just keeps him a safe distance behind the car ahead, rather than just dumbly keeping the car at a set speed. I am totally willing to pay for that in my next car. There is nothing VCs have brought to the internet that is of any value. Whatever is good here was already here before them. I know this because I was here before them too.
- JohnFen 3y ago> More features in the internet does not raise my internet fee. Maybe not, but they often do increase surveillance and/or replace useful functionality.
- jmakov 3y agoAnd tracking and video recording.
- scrum-treats 3y agoIt's not useless, to the people surveilling you...
- rednerrus 3y agoJust give me wireless carplay in my car. All of the things that I want, I can put on my phone.
- hgs3 3y agoThe real problem is cars are "done" from a UX point of view but the automotive industry has to artificially manufacture innovation to claim progress and/or superiority and the automotive employees need to justify their paychecks. Instead of the phony innovations, they should focus on the backend: figure out how to make vehicles cheaper, more fuel efficient, and eco-friendly.
- neuralRiot 3y agoThe problem is 2 faced. Quality doesn’t sell as features do and why would someone sell a product for $10 when it can be sold for $50.
- hgs3 3y ago> Quality doesn’t sell as features do Isn't the linked article a counterpoint as folks are complaining of too many features? Consumers should be able to find a vehicle that meets there needs. If this isn't happening, then that means the market lacks competition. > why would someone sell a product for $10 when it can be sold for $50 In a competitive market prices would never go up. In anything, competition should make them drop. The problem is the startup cost to enter the automotive industry is too high. Consider if someone wanted to mass produce cheaper vehicles, even for a niche audience, they need millions (maybe billions) to enter the market. If the startup cost can't be lowered, then perhaps the automotive industry needs trust busting.
- voakbasda 3y ago> … perhaps the automotive industry needs trust busting. We talking about the same auto industry that received TARP and other bailouts from the government? Yeah, I am afraid the trust busting ship may have sailed here.
- jrnichols 3y agoI have a fairly new Toyota and when the "Connected Services" trial expires, I will not be renewing any of them with the exception of the remote start. It has wireless CarPlay which works wonderfully, and really, that's all that I need. Or want. I want CarPlay and I want it to work. Not too much to ask. I absolutely do not want a car entertainment system with anything Google baked in, though. I'm slightly alarmed at things going that direction.