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Re:Software is eating the car by randcraw on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:50PM (#27466270)
The features you mention aren't any more "smart" than an intermittent wiper is, which was invented long before electronics appeared in cars, much less digital logic.

US luxury cars in 1965 had all the features you mention. They were delightfully dumb and simple to operate. That's what I want now: knobs, sliders, and buttons that move and click when my finger pushes them.

Re:Software is eating the car by mavhc on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:35PM (#27466747)
Do you want to pay more for them?
Re:Software is eating the car by asdff on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:02PM (#27467078)
The market does. Porsche will sell you a stripped out version of the car for thousands more. Webbing pull tab instead of a door handle.
Re:Software is eating the car by randcraw on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:18AM (#27469244)
Adding labor saving devices always increases the price you pay for a product. I LIKE labor saving features, just so long as they don't get in my way or tell me what to do.

I just want a car to ENABLE me in intuitive ways and that don't go obsolete before the tires need replacing.

Re:Software is eating the car by mavhc on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:57AM (#27474267)
Knobs and sliders and buttons all cost money to create, wire in, fix. 1 touchscreen is cheaper.
Re:Software is eating the car by Arrath on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:51PM (#27475679)
I'll happily take slightly more expensive knobs, sliders and buttons over a touchscreen.

I know exactly where, e.g. my fan speed knob is and I can reach for it confidently. Or I can take my eyes of the road so I'm not blindly groping around the touchscreen to find the increase/decrease button, assuming its even on the right screen and I don't need to go through several menus to find it. Cost doesn't enter my mind in this scenario.