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Was with you until the end. They don’t have to have touch screens (or large screens) for backup cams. Some of them just show in a tiny screen in the rear view o
by mattmaroon 2y ago
Was with you until the end. They don’t have to have touch screens (or large screens) for backup cams. Some of them just show in a tiny screen in the rear view on low end cars.
They have touch screens because drivers want touch screens.
- JohnFen 2y ago> They have touch screens because drivers want touch screens. Most people I know hate those touch screens, so I suspect this isn't the reason. I think they have touch screens as a cost-reduction measure, and people are willing to tolerate them because they want a newer car.
- mattmaroon 2y agoThe plural of anecdote is not data. Ask anyone who was dealing cars when touchscreens started popping up. People might not like an overreliance on touchscreens, which has definitely been a problem in the last handful of years. But people will refuse to buy cars entirely because of lack of CarPlay or the android equivalent which require a touchscreen. It’s actually a major reason I have never purchased a Tesla, and why my girlfriend, dude purchase a Tesla, will never do so again
- JohnFen 2y ago> But people will refuse to buy cars entirely because of lack of CarPlay or the android equivalent which require a touchscreen. Sure. Let me clarify -- it's not the existence of a touchscreen that's the problem. It's that often used and important controls have shifted from using actual physical knobs and buttons to the touchscreen. Screens for things like the backup camera or entertainment systems aren't a problem for pretty much anybody.