Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens.

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[–]weavilsatemyface 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't want to drive an ipad. Cars shouldn't have computers. KISS.

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

😮

[–]jerkwad152 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I could operate every single control in my old '94 Chevy by touch, zero concentration required. It wasn't just easier to do the exact same thing, it was a hell of a lot safer.

[–]SneakyBishop 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

At -30C when your car is just warm enough that you won't freeze to death, having to remove a glove to adjust something on the touchscreen isn't a great design.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love the touchscreen in my car, but it doesn't control things like the AC, heater, or audio volume. It's useful for using Android Auto, for navigation, etc.

I think the overwhelming majority of consumer complaints relate to luxury cars (or just German cars) where you have to navigate a touchscreen GUI for basic functions like climate control. That truly is obnoxious.

[–]thatrightwinger 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

As autonomous driving becomes more prevalent, touch screens will be more acceptable. Actual knobs and buttons have tactility that are easier for drivers to navigate, while screens require precision that can't mimic that. When you don't have to keep your eyes on the road (AKA the car is mostly driving itself), that difficulty will disappear.

The backlash will affect the industry, but in the coming years, touch screens will return in every autonomous vehicle. If they can be jailbroken, that might end up being a good thing for the consumer in the long tun.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

autonomous driving will catch on

nah

[–]thatrightwinger 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why would people would want a horseless carriage when everyone who wants to travel can simply use a horse?

Like it or not, it's coming and it will be used by a huge portion of the population.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

touch screens will return in every autonomous vehicle. If they can be jailbroken, that might end up being a good thing for the consumer in the long tun.

Yeah, I don't know which is worse, trusting your life to

  1. software written by ChatGPT, then checked for "quality assurance" by minimum wage code monkeys in the Philippines;
  2. or software written by ChatGPT, checked for "quality assurance" by a bunch of code monkeys, then jailbroken and running a metric ton of spyware, malware, third-party apps, dodgy games and unapproved backdoors.

(As opposed to the approved and mandatory backdoors which governments will require to be inserted, so they can track you and remotely disable the vehicle.)

[–]thatrightwinger 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The point of jailbreaking isn't to hand your life to every app that you see: it's to have choice beyond what the companies who installed beyond them.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed. The choice to install malware and spyware, the choice to allow software with vulnerabilities to be hacked, the choice to install third-party apps filled with backdoors.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here's hoping. I wish my old car to last until they return to having proper physical switchgear in new cars!