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Cars from thirty years ago still work. What makes them future proof is maintenance and engineering. Not touch screens. We will always need to tune the temperat
by ho_schi 3y ago
Cars from thirty years ago still work. What makes them future proof is maintenance and engineering. Not touch screens.
We will always need to tune the temperature, switch turning indicators, turn on warning lights or change the volume.
Touch screens are only cheap. And it is questionable that we get any software update in ten years. Not even thinking three decades ahead.
And probably we will be glad that there are no software updates removing* or changing* features. With constant updates and internet connectivity we will not get any car safe.
Basically we want electric cars. Not computers, at least none we need to handle.
* e.g. Shimano Di2 (shifting groupset for roadbikes) with a Hammerhead bike computer: Shimano forced Hammerhead in 2022 to remove the support for the Di2 because Shimano now consider them as competitor. One of the reasons for mechanical groups is reliability!
* Hello Windows Users. Do you like automatic updates? How about enforced updates? May we increase requirements?