Mastodawn

Technology Connections Dec 5, 2023

Re: smart stuff

I have run into a number of conversations where it becomes clear that to some folks, they really don't give a crap about what would happen if they need someone else to take over their house/thing/whatever.

As an example: people who have driven Teslas and then drive a Hyundai EV are finding it infuriating that you have to tell the car every time you get in it that you want it to engage one-pedal driving. It will not stay on.

I actually think that makes perfect sense.

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Technology Connections Dec 5, 2023

If for whatever reason I need someone else to drive my car, whether that be in an emergency, to help me out, or even like valet parking if I have to do that somewhere, I would rather it behave like a normal car.

I don't think it's much of an ask for me to have to squeeze the left paddle every time I turn it on to turn on one pedal driving. But some other folks really really hate that, and in fact one person told me "who cares about other people driving my car?"

Well, I do!

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@TechConnectify This is one of the main reasons I use a qwerty keyboard instead of something else that's arguably better but also not the thing that basically everyone uses and expects to use.