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And that’s a tolerable outcome if the UX is responsive and well designed. Tesla can just barely get away with their approach because the software is sufficiently good.

Unfortunately most legacy auto seem to have hired their talent directly from printer manufacturers like Canon and Epson. So blindly copying Tesla isn’t going to turn out quite so well for them.

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Tesla gets away with it because almost everyone esle followed them to save costs. And because they managed to convince people to cope with that shit in first place (cars are now software because of EV and reasons and all that crap).

> (cars are now software because of EV and reasons and all that crap)

Ye EVs could potentially have less software than ICEs. Simpler motor ECU and often no gearbox or clutch.

Instead the manufacturers take the opportunity to push more stuff on us.

I really doubt that the FC firmware of an EV is less comolex than the software of an ice control unit.

It's simple: don't buy cars with shitty UX.

Obviously! As with AI powered smartphones and internet connected household devices, this gets harder and harder.

That being said, I like the UX of our cars. But the newest ine is from 2020, the oldest one from 1982...

I really don't get why vehicle manufacturers skimp on software - it's a super competitive and massive industry, and the consequences of failure are high. If they paid SV-level salaries, they'd get SV-level talent.

SV-talent that then figures out ways to monetize the ads shown to you in the HUD while driving? Sorry, couldn't help it.

> Sorry, couldn't help it.

The SV motto

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