Phones are supported well beyond their average ownership lifetime. In stark contrast, automakers are struggling to work out how long their “smartphones on wheels” can be kept on the road.
  • noughtnaut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    5 months ago

    Cars should just come with a big open socket up front, where I can buy (or build) my own infotainment system to install there.

    …which is precisely what we used to have, before auto makers decided to insist that they should be enclosed in a swooping dash.

    • BigPotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      I mean, the DIN hole was a standard size but it certainly wasn’t a ‘socket’ and anyone who had a Ford Focus that needed a Mercedes-Benz writing harness to plug up their aftermarket radio knows what I’m on about.