pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?message-squaremessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down15
arrow-up1124arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square190fedilink
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down2·1 month agoTouch screens in cars are evidence that the auto industry is actively trying to increase auto accidents.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 month agoNah, that’s purely a cost saving measure. Shitty touch screens are cheaper than buttons.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoIs that true? I’m too scared to look up prices. Electronically, touchscreens are infinitely more complex, but I can believe economies of scale brought it down lower than buttons… I just don’t want to believe that.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoI’ve seen comments from auto manufacturers outright stating this. I think they also overestimated how much consumers care about touchscreens.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThey have to have a screen anyway, backup cameras are mandated by law
Touch screens in cars are evidence that the auto industry is actively trying to increase auto accidents.
Nah, that’s purely a cost saving measure. Shitty touch screens are cheaper than buttons.
Is that true? I’m too scared to look up prices. Electronically, touchscreens are infinitely more complex, but I can believe economies of scale brought it down lower than buttons… I just don’t want to believe that.
I’ve seen comments from auto manufacturers outright stating this. I think they also overestimated how much consumers care about touchscreens.
They have to have a screen anyway, backup cameras are mandated by law