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[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 120 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't text while you are driving. What the fuck?

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Woosh, hopefully?

[–] SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Stop fucking texting and driving.

[–] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, please just text and drive, fucking is too distracting.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

"Babe, hold on, I need to send a text,"

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I prefer reading an erotic book. And well...you know where the other hand goes that isn't holding the book.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month 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.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago