Trying to estimate whether I'm old enough that when I buy the last car of my life, there will still be ones without screens to choose from.
floxy•21m ago
black construction paper?
SoftTalker•20m ago
All new cars have screens since reverse cameras are mandatory. You’ll have to shop on the used car market.
gdulli•11m ago
Oh really? My current car is over 20 years old so I'm way out of the loop. I guess I'll hope for options with smaller screens that control fewer of the functions.
Bender•10m ago
I never owned a car with such a system. Do they at least give you a way to install uBlock and NoScript or will that brick the car?
technothrasher•4m ago
You're joking, right? The systems are locked up tight. I did manage to hack into my Porsche Macan's system so that I could turn Apple CarPlay on (it's disabled in the Macan, but supported by the system because the unit is shared with the VW Atlas which has CarPlay), but it involved a pretty complicated jailbreak.
firefoxd•4m ago
I remember many years ago thinking, "if they can have a add a SIM card on a phone, why not add one in your car? Imagine an Internet connected car?"
What I didn't think about was this would be an opportunity for ads and subscriptions. And everyday you'll own less and less of your car. I'm shopping for a car right now, I may have to just put a fresh coat of paint on my old one.
gdulli•28m ago
floxy•21m ago
SoftTalker•20m ago
gdulli•11m ago