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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by jbigelow76 on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:13AM (#20203753)
> Audi, for instance has said that part of the reason it’s discontinuing its rotary controller is that a touchscreen better supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

This to me is insane reasoning. That is no way user centric. This decision is 100% business driven and has nothing to do with the end user.

That statement isn't true, Car Play support for me was a non-negotiable for the car I purchased two years ago. Another friend made Android Auto support a big factor in his decision and said he wouldn't buy another vehicle that didn't support it. From other conversations we don't seem to be outliers, that feature support is incredibly user(buyer) centric.

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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by boboguitar on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:16AM (#20203783)
> Car Play support for me was a non-negotiable for the car I purchased two years ago.

It's a big point in my car buying decision just for the navigation experience alone.

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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by Fins on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:54AM (#20204223)
But you can do CarPlay/AAuto without the touchscreen idiocy.
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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by spookthesunset on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:59PM (#20206248)
Yes. At least with CarPlay you can use the knob thing on our Mazda and not use the touchscreen at all (which is disabled when the vehicle is in motion).
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