Comment on VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough

• the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Were the old ones not the same…?

  The contracts? Pumps? Im kinda talking it out my ass here but currently there’s no ability to shut down the pumps themselves as far as i understand it (in l understanding coming from being a cashier at one once. The touchscreens outside just process the customers payments. Without those they can still be run from the other system inside.

  My hypothetical assumes more and more control left to the touchscreen. If it doesn’t make much sense then just reread my first sentence ;)

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  • ripcord@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The conversation was about locking in the owners to their expensive proprietary pumps as a reason for switching to this new style, and I was asking if lock-in was actually a new thing or not. Otherwise the comment doesn't really make a lot of sense in context.

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