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> Boring is good in technology. It means you don't have to think about it much, and that usually means it is doing its job. Phones have gone from being gadgets

> Boring is good in technology. It means you don't have to think about it much, and that usually means it is doing its job. Phones have gone from being gadgets to being appliances.

dzhiurgis 2y ago
Strangely this is not affecting cars. Tesla is perfectly boring and rational car, yet due saturation people are getting sick of same look and buying vastly inferior competition just to look different. Even worse, having two identically looking houses next to each other is a nightmare for anyone on creative spectrum and pretty much illegal in most places. But yes, blame smartphones.
- throwanem 2y ago
  > Tesla is perfectly boring and rational car This is anything but what I've heard from people who own them, over drinks at least, and certainly their latest model cannot reasonably be described with either adjective you used.
  - dzhiurgis 2y ago
    Maybe I should've been more specific about model - base Model Y (or as Bjorn Nyland called it - Poor man's Tesla) 0-60 does in 7 seconds which is only 1 second faster than my 14 yo Mazda SUV or parents 20yr old Opel. Yes it does that 0-60 confidently and consistently, but it's not a game changer. As for rational - it drives itself for most of time, has an app, minimalistic design, great efficiency, spacious and reasonably priced. There is little to improve at this point. Maybe what lacks is app ecosystem or open source for more ways of customisation/automation, but it's far fetch given rest of industry. Edit: Now compare Tesla with competition - every feature is an option. Lucky if you get an app. Manual driving for most part. Some even came up with fake engine sound and manual gear shifting on a fucking EV. If they try to minimise button bonanza it's usually a trainwreck. And of course - overboard with external styling - something that means absolutely 0 for your daily driving comfort and experience. All of this mess to _differentiate_ into some niche while selling 100x less cars than 2 mass produced Tesla models.

> Boring is good in technology. It means you don't have to think about it much, and that usually means it is doing its job. Phones have gone from being gadgets to being appliances.

dzhiurgis 2y ago

Strangely this is not affecting cars. Tesla is perfectly boring and rational car, yet due saturation people are getting sick of same look and buying vastly inferior competition just to look different. Even worse, having two identically looking houses next to each other is a nightmare for anyone on creative spectrum and pretty much illegal in most places. But yes, blame smartphones.

throwanem 2y ago
> Tesla is perfectly boring and rational car This is anything but what I've heard from people who own them, over drinks at least, and certainly their latest model cannot reasonably be described with either adjective you used.
- dzhiurgis 2y ago
  Maybe I should've been more specific about model - base Model Y (or as Bjorn Nyland called it - Poor man's Tesla) 0-60 does in 7 seconds which is only 1 second faster than my 14 yo Mazda SUV or parents 20yr old Opel. Yes it does that 0-60 confidently and consistently, but it's not a game changer. As for rational - it drives itself for most of time, has an app, minimalistic design, great efficiency, spacious and reasonably priced. There is little to improve at this point. Maybe what lacks is app ecosystem or open source for more ways of customisation/automation, but it's far fetch given rest of industry. Edit: Now compare Tesla with competition - every feature is an option. Lucky if you get an app. Manual driving for most part. Some even came up with fake engine sound and manual gear shifting on a fucking EV. If they try to minimise button bonanza it's usually a trainwreck. And of course - overboard with external styling - something that means absolutely 0 for your daily driving comfort and experience. All of this mess to _differentiate_ into some niche while selling 100x less cars than 2 mass produced Tesla models.