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

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• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t mind a touchscreen. Apple CarPlay/Android Auto are really nice.

  I just also want physical controls for everything the car needs to do to be a car, like climate control or wipers or shifting. And also physical controls for play/pause, skip, volume, and tuning.

  Touchscreens can do a lot to enhance the car experience, but they cannot replace physical buttons.

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  • Electromechanical_Supergiant@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The car experience

    The car experience is driving.

    We don’t need 6 different fuel efficiency visualizations and we sure as fuck don’t need games or videos in the car.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure. I don’t want games or videos (though I can see how that would be useful while waiting for an EV to charge).

      I just want Apple CarPlay/Android Auto. Or, failing that, whatever controls are necessary to facilitate an infotainment system.

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      • Electromechanical_Supergiant@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How much entertainment do you need while driving? Can’t you just plug your phone in for some music?

        Do you really need a maps app built into your car when you already have one on your phone?

        I just can’t see a reasonable use for an infotainment system that isn’t already taken care of perfectly by the device I already have.

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  • Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it’s the kind of thing that it’s not reasonable to expect that people will stop by the side of the road to do, it should be buttons. The rest can be touch.

    So for example setting a destination on your navigation interface is fine to do via touch screen, but starting/stopping swipers or changing audio volume is not.

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Very well put.

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• deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d go as far as mounting a full size qwerty keyboard on the steering wheel. Although we’d somehow have to deal with the shrapnel grenade situation as soon as the airbag hits it.

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  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But if I’m gonna go out, having WASD forever embedded in my forehead is kinda metal.

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