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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This seems like common sense to me.

[โ€“] time_fo_that@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It's cheaper to put one screen and write software than spin up manufacturing operations for all sorts of differently shaped custom buttons and the control systems and wiring harnesses that are required to operate them all, so that's why automakers are doing it. Not saying I like it lol.