People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars

For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment. #jd #infotainment #apple #android #tech

https://www.theverge.com/23801545/car-infotainment-customer-satisifaction-survey-jd-power

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars

People are dissatisfied with the technology in their cars, according to a new survey from JD Power. They especially don’t like the native infotainment systems.

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I absolutely refuse to buy a car where the only thing in the dash is a single big touchscreen. This is a really cheap and lazy way to design a car. It’s not fancy or futuristic. It’s turning an engineering problem into a cheap software problem. Any feature that controls some aspect of the physical car such as AC, headlights, turn signal, seat placement, side mirrors, etc… should all be physical buttons with some tactile feedback. The only thing that is acceptable as a screen is information display and controlling entertainment.

If electric vehicles 10 years from now don’t re-engineer buttons, dials and knobs into their cars I am just going to walk 30 miles every day.

I don't even want my entertainment that way. At least let me control the volume via a physical button.

Personally I don't want the screen at all.

I like the screen for the GPS and nothing else.
Great as a huge reverse camera too. That's super handy