Post #3324432
2026-06-15 07:36 UTC
Replies (18)
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@geomannie@mastodon.scot 2026-06-15 18:33
FWIW I'm a massive fan of knobs in cars. One of the first cars I drove was a Volvo 145 which had every knob a different shape so you could locate it by touch alone. The pinnacle of automobile dashboard design!
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@Heliograph@mastodon.au 2026-06-15 08:17
@geomannie@mastodon.scot had many conversations recently about exactly this situation 😬 how did we end up here?! @davidpenfold
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@tessarakt@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 10:06
@geomannie@mastodon.scot It's only illegal to use the phone when it's not fixed to the car. It's also illegal to use the giant iPad when it causes distraction.
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@zl2tod@mastodon.online 2026-06-15 10:36
@geomannie@mastodon.scot It's not at all long past that televisions were illegal in cars within sight of the driver here, now you can't buy a car without one.
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@guigsy@mstdn.social 2026-06-15 12:02
@geomannie@mastodon.scot to be fair, Android Auto and CarPlay were initially very limited for this reason. There were limited applications, they had strict guidelines. While the car wasn't parked, you could only press a limited number of buttons and see a limited list of options. But after years of complaints that these car interfaces weren't like peoples' phone screens, they've relented. And manufacturers' interfaces are often worse!
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@Beldarak@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-06-15 12:42
@geomannie@mastodon.scot In Belgium you can even get a fine if your phone is at pickup range :/
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@FrancoisPrague@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 13:15
@geomannie@mastodon.scot soon this giant display will play ads thanks to the enshitification of everything
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@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net 2026-06-15 13:20
@benroyce@mastodon.social @geomannie@mastodon.scot I'll take a hud, just driving info, though. But, otherwise, yeah, knobs and switches are the superior option to nearly everyone except the manufacturers.
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@trebach@functional.cafe 2026-06-15 17:00
@benroyce@mastodon.social @geomannie@mastodon.scot I bought my last car partially based on having knobs and buttons for the radio and climate controls
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@alpacamale@social.cologne 2026-06-15 13:21
@geomannie@mastodon.scot In my current rental car, a Seat Leon, I need to navigate through the touch screen menu to increase ventilation or adjust the temperature. There's no way this is safe if you're driving alone and have to do this on your own while driving. We should have shut this down immediately when car manufacturers started that bullshit.
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@Dolphinchaz@mastodon.scot 2026-06-15 16:34
@geomannie@mastodon.scot I've just handed back a hire car (Ford Puma) and it had one of these in the centre of the dashboard - very distracting, and the smaller one behind the steering wheel wasn't laid out very well at all, could hardly see the speedometer.
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@adamasnemesis@social.adamasnemesis.com 2026-06-15 16:51
@geomannie@mastodon.scot I've never grasped this myself. How come it's "safe" to use this huge screen built into my car with my finger but it's not safe to use my phone if it's mounted in literally the same position?
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@Bewilderbeast@ohai.social 2026-06-15 17:46
@geomannie@mastodon.scot, as somebody who works in the service side of the automotive industry, we hate these things, too.
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@raktheundead@vmst.io 2026-06-15 19:18
@geomannie@mastodon.scot: I've always hated this trend of turning cars into tablets with wheels.
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@RVLara23@mastodon.social 2026-06-15 20:08
@geomannie@mastodon.scot I love that my car is old enough to not have this.
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@leuven@eupolicy.social 2026-06-16 18:37
@geomannie@mastodon.scot Unfortunately my fellow Gen Z'ers have started interpreting this meme as a justification for using their phones while driving
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@reticuleena@digitalcourage.social 2026-06-16 20:41
@geomannie@mastodon.scot Finally someone points this out!
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@XAvy@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-06-17 05:31
@geomannie@mastodon.scot LOL!! hahaha so freaking true! our society and politicians are complete hippocrits... it's INSANE!