Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions and all

Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by toast0 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:13AM (#27012738)

You must not have exprienced modern vehicles. My 2013 Chysler Pacifica's factory headunit occasionally stops kicking the watchdog timer and gets rebooted. When that happens, the radio is still playing and can't be switched off or volume adjusted until the thing is done booting.

So no, you can't switch it off at any time.

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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by coldtea on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:49PM (#27017231)

That would be the exception, not the rule with radio (that it would need to be, to justify using it as an example of a driving nuissance as the grandparent did).

And this exception points to the current trend for manufactured control + everything as a platform, so it can be seen as a further argument towards the point we're making here against this trend.

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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by michaelmrose on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:05AM (#27013556)

This would be an example of where more complicated isn't better. Our car is from 2004 but neither it nor any car I've ever owned has ever had this problem.

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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by pavel_lishin on Sunday May 02, 2021 @06:20AM (#27013891)

I cannot imagine putting up with this. I would rather mount a bluetooth speaker on the dash.

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