Gerula comments on VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough

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[–] Gerula@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is actually very good news for car manufacturers.

Touch crap was cheaper but sold a new tech so => price increase

Buttons are old tech so no new investments or tech development but they are more complicated => price increase

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 23 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I've been making this argument a LOT with recent discussions on kids not understanding keyboards and controllers because their lives are full of touchscreens.

Touch isn't "the future". It just absolutely flooded the market.

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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You think they don't just charge more because they can, like every other industry lately?

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[–] Gerula@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They 100% do! But the marketing departments always likes to have "solid" arguments at hand.

How else can they organise fairs and conferences where they can lament about how poor the automakers are and how pressure from are pulling prices down so automakers cannot compete.... how they have to fire people and move production in poorer countries where people can be treated more like slaves... how profits are so low that they have to use the same jets with the same bitches twice!

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