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Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? (www.carsandhorsepower.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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For over a century, the automobile has represented freedom, power, and the thrill of mechanical mastery. The connection between driver, machine, and road defined what it meant to own and love a car. But in today’s digital era, a different trend is unfolding. Cars are no longer just machines designed to take us from point A to point B. Increasingly, they resemble something else entirely: smartphones on wheels.

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[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Sadly yes and they’re mainly taking the worst aspects. Normal built in features like heated seats as subscriptions, dropping smartphone integration for their own far inferior dogshit UI and features, and so on.

[–] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

No need for data grabbing AA/Carplay shit in my car, stock ui works superior. But give people the option

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[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Ads between gear changes in 3…2…1…

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[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

My car is basically an accessory that turns my phone into a car, yes.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (8 children)

aand this is why I won't buy a car made after 2010.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

IMO cars peaked around 2015

Interiors looked really nice and you had analog dials etc. Wish some small screens, just enough.

Today it's just big plastic dashboard with cheap tablets stuck in them

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

The analog dials were an illusion. That information has been processed digitally for at least the last 25 years.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 points 18 hours ago

I don't really care what's happening in the backend, I want it to look nice and not cheap

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[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

2016 is still a good year as most of the connected tech isn't supported anymore as it's on the 3g network.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

good to know!!

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 21 hours ago

Bill Burr calls it "driving an iPad"

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (14 children)

I don't currently drive since I live in a city with great public transit but if i was forced to get a car it wouldn't be made after 2006. I like buttons and don't want to spend $400 replacing my rear view mirror because its linked to my touch screen for no damn reason

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't forget the transformation from a 5 buck bulb to a 1000 buck complete LED-system. Yay!

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

What becoming?

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