• MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    They are more safe since people can feel the buttons without taking their eyes off of the road. I don’t understand why they thought it was a good idea to use touchscreens.

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      13 days ago

      That’s true.

      With a T9 phone, I used to be able to send a complete text message without ever taking my eyes off the road.

      Now that I’ve got a touchscreen I’m swerving all over the place every time I try to text. It’s way less safe.

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      13 days ago

      One word. Tesla.

      It became the Apple of automobiles and everyone was rushing to copy them. Then came the fall of Elon and everyone is realizing how full of shit the company is.

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      There’s a kind of people who think they don’t need to know an industry to know where it’s heading and where the progress is.

      Mobile computers being thinner and replacing buttons with touchscreens are from that kind of delusions.

      Now built-in chatbots with voice recognition and synthesis are all the rage. If you remember that “elevator in Scotland” sketch.

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      Cheap tech that looks expensive, that is why we have touch screens. Also harder to repair for the customer to do. A physcial button is easy to replace and quick.