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Not many would be willing to pay $1000 more for more buttons.

by bryanlarsen 2y ago

tracker1 2y ago
Compared to how much auto makers inflated car prices the past few years?
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  The story for 2024 is the falling prices of EV's.
JohnFen 2y ago
Maybe, maybe not. If you posed it to customers in that way, many would object. If you didn't, then a $1000 price increase wouldn't really be noticed. But it doesn't matter how many are willing. All I'm saying is that this is a thing that matters a great deal to me. It's pretty close to a dealbreaker. Even if I'm the only one that feels that way, it's still how I feel. The auto industry appears to not want to make cars that I'd actually want to buy. Fair enough. But I do find it interesting that one of the things that I was always taught was a strength of our economic system is that it will produce a wide enough variety of goods that pretty much everyone will find a version of a product that they'd actually want. That it appears that it can't looks like a kind of failure to me.
- zem 2y ago
  > But I do find it interesting that one of the things that I was always taught was a strength of our economic system is that it will produce a wide enough variety of goods that pretty much everyone will find a version of a product that they'd actually want. That it appears that it can't looks like a kind of failure to me. heck, finding a sub-6" cellphone is next to impossible, outright impossible if you want high end features. and phones are way easier to create in different configurations than cars are.
  - shiroiushi 2y ago
    The populations in developed nations are generally getting older, and people are living longer. Older people have bad eyesight for close-up things, so large-screen smartphones make a lot of sense.
brokenmachine 2y ago
If there was a model with buttons that was $1000 more than a model using a touchscreen to turn the wipers on and adjust the AC, I would absolutely pay the $1000. I don't think I'm alone in this.
AtlasBarfed 2y ago
It's not $1000.
chrstphrknwtn 2y ago
I drive a twenty year old Volvo, and I went to a dealer to buy a new one a few months ago. I didn't buy anything because basic functions are all behind crappy screen UIs instead of good old buttons. I would definitely pay an extra $1,000 for a version with actual buttons... and a smaller screen.
- ffgjgf1 2y ago
  Would you pay the extra $10k or $20k for the custom built interface, though? It’s only $1000 if the majority of buyers are willing to pay that (which they are not).
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Not many would be willing to pay $1000 more for more buttons.

tracker1 2y ago

Compared to how much auto makers inflated car prices the past few years?

bryanlarsen 2y ago
The story for 2024 is the falling prices of EV's.

JohnFen 2y ago

Maybe, maybe not. If you posed it to customers in that way, many would object. If you didn't, then a $1000 price increase wouldn't really be noticed. But it doesn't matter how many are willing. All I'm saying is that this is a thing that matters a great deal to me. It's pretty close to a dealbreaker. Even if I'm the only one that feels that way, it's still how I feel. The auto industry appears to not want to make cars that I'd actually want to buy. Fair enough. But I do find it interesting that one of the things that I was always taught was a strength of our economic system is that it will produce a wide enough variety of goods that pretty much everyone will find a version of a product that they'd actually want. That it appears that it can't looks like a kind of failure to me.

zem 2y ago
> But I do find it interesting that one of the things that I was always taught was a strength of our economic system is that it will produce a wide enough variety of goods that pretty much everyone will find a version of a product that they'd actually want. That it appears that it can't looks like a kind of failure to me. heck, finding a sub-6" cellphone is next to impossible, outright impossible if you want high end features. and phones are way easier to create in different configurations than cars are.
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  The populations in developed nations are generally getting older, and people are living longer. Older people have bad eyesight for close-up things, so large-screen smartphones make a lot of sense.

brokenmachine 2y ago

If there was a model with buttons that was $1000 more than a model using a touchscreen to turn the wipers on and adjust the AC, I would absolutely pay the $1000. I don't think I'm alone in this.

AtlasBarfed 2y ago

It's not $1000.

chrstphrknwtn 2y ago

I drive a twenty year old Volvo, and I went to a dealer to buy a new one a few months ago. I didn't buy anything because basic functions are all behind crappy screen UIs instead of good old buttons. I would definitely pay an extra $1,000 for a version with actual buttons... and a smaller screen.

ffgjgf1 2y ago
Would you pay the extra $10k or $20k for the custom built interface, though? It’s only $1000 if the majority of buyers are willing to pay that (which they are not).

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