People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars
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Tesla continues to rank above average.

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit…::People are dissatisfied with the technology in their cars, according to a new survey from JD Power. They especially don’t like the native infotainment systems.

  • Bazzatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    1 year ago

    I’ve never had a car with a touch screen or whatever fancy centre panel - but I have scrapped old cars because the ECU decided that there was an airbag fault which was not resolved with a new airbag. I’m a full time sysadmin/developer - my car does not need a computer to go, and if it must have one, it shouldn’t be a brick covered in epoxy.

    I somewhat long to return to dumb electromechanical components like distributors, rather than unimaginably expensive, irreparable, interdependent systems.

    #RightToRepair

    • drathvedro@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      This is exactly the reason why they do it. They can put a hidden countdown or just outright brick your vehicle over the air and you can’t really prove they did.

    • Fubar91@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      As a sysadmin/dev you should know its not a computers = bad situation. It’s God awful system implementation, trash software, trash components, and even worse redundancies.

      It’s like you’re saying “why use email, when i can send a physical letter” in some aspects

      But I agree these manufacturers produce shit products in the form of vehicle electronics.