Comment on People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...

• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  when I got my current car, it had a stupid, dumb radio with a cd deck. I installed a cheap double dim with a touch screen on it and asked if they could replace the ashtray/powersocket thing. The piece they had that fit under the cover/door had a USB hub/charging station that I could drop a stack of phones in (including one connected to carplay/android auto on the new deck.)

  that was worth the $20 to install it.

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  • assembly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That would be awesome to have as an option in my car. Instead I get to use a window suction cup or (what I chose) replace the factory radio with a double din aftermarket head unit with CarPlay. I like CarPlay but would never want to have to rely on it for things like climate control or other similar functions. As a music player and GPS I love it. I hear great things about android auto as well.

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yup. My car is old enough it has physical buttons for the enviro and stuff. The only virtual buttons control the entertainment deck itself.

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      • snapeyouinhalf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I just bought a 2023 Accord and all the actual car controls are still physical. The screen shows me my rear camera and CarPlay, I control everything else with knobs and buttons. So separating the important-to-operate-without-looking controls and the touch screen isn’t quite dead yet.

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• Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was just thinking of that the other day. They could probably get it to look pretty natural if they tried.

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