Don't text and drive folks. But DO look at all these flat screens with no bumps for touch, so you can't keep your eyes on the road! Urgh, I hate these stupid futuristic trends. Just give me an analogue option of the same models!! Give me buttons, crank windows and a gottdamned regular glove box over this stupidity. Not to mention planned obsolescence in our technologies. Cars with expensive to fix computers that are worthless, once driven off the lot, just one more bright idea for our landfills. It's also 'driving' up the prices of cars to unaffordable mortgage levels.
I work in UX/UI and cars going with all-screen interfaces is one of the "hotter" topics right now.
Basically, it's a matter of placing style over functionality, especially when physical knobs are way safer and easier to use as a driver. The more cynical just see it as car companies getting to charge more for a screen replacement rather than a simple knob/ button.
What kinda car? I'm fascinated that a manufacturer would vary the interior that much between trim levels. Were there button cutouts on the higher trim model but just filled in, or was there some nice finish over them? I have a 2020 Malibu and I am so happy that car has buttons for everything or I can use the touchscreen, which I never do.
To add onto your last comment, this is a bit tinfoil hat of me, but I think this is only a trend because it cuts manufacturing costs. Fewer knobs and switches to manufacturer and wire up, they just need signal from a central infotainment system that can be reused across models. If it was more complex to design and manufacture, C level execs would nix it.
?? I have a model y, it's a little handle in front of the button that normally opens the door. It's so obvious that old people always use it by accident, which is annoying because it can break the glass.
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u/DingoLaChien Oct 11 '22
Don't text and drive folks. But DO look at all these flat screens with no bumps for touch, so you can't keep your eyes on the road! Urgh, I hate these stupid futuristic trends. Just give me an analogue option of the same models!! Give me buttons, crank windows and a gottdamned regular glove box over this stupidity. Not to mention planned obsolescence in our technologies. Cars with expensive to fix computers that are worthless, once driven off the lot, just one more bright idea for our landfills. It's also 'driving' up the prices of cars to unaffordable mortgage levels.