The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature

Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature by cdot2 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @09:54PM (#35722315)

In both cases it's a cost/finance reason. "Smart" TVs can profit from selling customer data and touch screen cars save some cost over tactile interfaces.

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Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature by bick_nyers on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:45AM (#35729813)

Everyone always says this, but how much do they actually make per unit sale. I buy $2k+ TVs, are they making $50 off of my data, or $5? Does it even pay for the department they hired to write the software that collects the data?

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Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature by YetAnotherNick on Thursday April 27, 2023 @06:05PM (#35735163)

Same for car. It's hard to imagine manufacturers would care to reduce cost by $5(20 tactile buttons likely costs lesser than that) on a $10k car, but what would I know.

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