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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah, if only car hardware was modular and standardized... And if you had access to your infotainment system beyond touching the pretty buttons...

[–] fury@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Imagine something as outlandish as user serviceable infotainment systems. Like they used to have in the old days. I'm hanging on by a thread to my basic 2014 car which still has a double DIN slot I can put my own system into...some day

[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are these buttons in a room with us right now

Give me my buttons back

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm lucky enough to never have owned a car without buttons - My newest car was a '19 Benz and they LUCKILY were pretty slow about hopping onto the touchscreen bandwagon

However, in my comment I meant on-screen buttons anyway, as that seems to be the norm nowadays :(

[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Hopefully that'll change, iirc the EU discussed about requiring physical buttons for the highest safety rating a few months ago. Idk how that turned out but if it passed there's hope

I love it when politicians in a democracy are doing things for the people.