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Yeah! I don't want all this trash! I want knobs! And I want simple bluetooth connectivity OR just an _AUX cable_! All of the tech is worthless. I want it simple.
Oh no, how the OEM manufactures are going to serve you ads, when your car won't have internet connection, obviously paid by you?
yeah +1 for knobs.

a screen -- touch or not -- is useful for setting things up when the car isn't in motion, but touchscreens are going to get people killed.

i live in a city and don't even mess with the touch screen / volume / AC while on city streets since it requires a lot of attention and people tend to rapidly pop out of nowhere.

You can pry CarPlay from my cold dying hands.
Just give me wireless carplay in my car. All of the things that I want, I can put on my phone.
The real problem is cars are "done" from a UX point of view but the automotive industry has to artificially manufacture innovation to claim progress and/or superiority and the automotive employees need to justify their paychecks.

Instead of the phony innovations, they should focus on the backend: figure out how to make vehicles cheaper, more fuel efficient, and eco-friendly.

The problem is 2 faced. Quality doesn’t sell as features do and why would someone sell a product for $10 when it can be sold for $50.
> Quality doesn’t sell as features do

Isn't the linked article a counterpoint as folks are complaining of too many features?

Consumers should be able to find a vehicle that meets there needs. If this isn't happening, then that means the market lacks competition.

> why would someone sell a product for $10 when it can be sold for $50

In a competitive market prices would never go up. In anything, competition should make them drop. The problem is the startup cost to enter the automotive industry is too high. Consider if someone wanted to mass produce cheaper vehicles, even for a niche audience, they need millions (maybe billions) to enter the market. If the startup cost can't be lowered, then perhaps the automotive industry needs trust busting.

> … perhaps the automotive industry needs trust busting.

We talking about the same auto industry that received TARP and other bailouts from the government? Yeah, I am afraid the trust busting ship may have sailed here.

It's not useless, to the people surveilling you...
Wake me up when they get tired of all the useless tech in their internet.
Well people pay for features in cars which they don't want and it is making the car as a whole more expensive. More features in the internet does not raise my internet fee.
Doesn't it?

Edit: I don't disagree about cars, I just think there's some car tech that's extremely useful, like, my kid's new car has cruise control that just keeps him a safe distance behind the car ahead, rather than just dumbly keeping the car at a set speed. I am totally willing to pay for that in my next car.

There is nothing VCs have brought to the internet that is of any value. Whatever is good here was already here before them. I know this because I was here before them too.

> More features in the internet does not raise my internet fee.

Maybe not, but they often do increase surveillance and/or replace useful functionality.

I have a fairly new Toyota and when the "Connected Services" trial expires, I will not be renewing any of them with the exception of the remote start. It has wireless CarPlay which works wonderfully, and really, that's all that I need. Or want.

I want CarPlay and I want it to work. Not too much to ask. I absolutely do not want a car entertainment system with anything Google baked in, though. I'm slightly alarmed at things going that direction.

And tracking and video recording.
Just wait until they add AI voice assistants to the windshield wipers.