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Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions | Autocar (www.autocar.co.uk)
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[–] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

Now get rid of the touch screen entirely. Mark my words, the first electric car unveiled as a totally analog experience will be incredibly popular.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's been a long time since I looked but I hope most cars still have physical buttons/controls for all important functions! Besides being easier and faster to use, without them if a touchscreen malfunctions (hardware or software) everything is gone and you wouldn't be able to drive the car. Then there's the tracking and spying, and sometimes bugs and UI changes after updates--and now ads!?# Cars are becoming as enshittified like everything else now.

[–] Bristingr@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are we gonna have to physically roll down our windows again?

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My car armrest has physical buttons (edit: I guess you'd call them "rocker switches") that I can push forward or backward to raise/lower the windows. It would be absolutely ridiculous to make me navigate a menu on a touchscreen to do that--please tell me newer cars aren't doing that?

[–] ileanallama@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

hoping the whole industry follows after, please subaru go back to the climate control buttons

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Aw, just when they were about to get rid of the steering wheel, shame.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Btw, is that a tablet dock i see?

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The thing in the middle under the display? I'd assume its a scrolling wheel, kinda like on your mouse but very wide

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah, it was somewhat of a joke about the built-in but locked away infotainment systems.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

ahh well, guess that is my !wooosh@lemmy.world moment of the day

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