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Re:Cars Suck, Man by OkayPhysicist on Sunday January 14, 2024 @01:29PM (#38992976)
Once you're sticking a big ol' screen in the driver's vision during backup time, that screen becomes obvious real estate for any other user interface you may want. Buttons and dials are cheaper than a touch screen, but buttons and dials+a screen are more expensive than a touch screen.
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Re:Cars Suck, Man by fho on Sunday January 14, 2024 @03:42PM (#38994260)
If I am not mistaken those touchscreens in cars are cheaper than the buttons they replaced (citation needed).
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Re:Cars Suck, Man by AnimalMuppet on Sunday January 14, 2024 @03:52PM (#38994331)
Seems plausible, at least. A button is cheaper than a touchscreen, but you can replace N buttons with one touchscreen. (Citation still needed, though.)
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Re:Cars Suck, Man by fho on Monday January 15, 2024 @02:34AM (#38998296)
I guess at some point a (modal) GUI is more space efficient than individual controls.

At some point cars had screens, surrounded by physical buttons. I always thought that was a great compromise.

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