You're comparing apples and oranges. If you want to talk about other cars' key fobs, compare them to Tesla's key fob.
The Tesla fob also doesn’t have visible buttons which is probably awesome compared to my fob that has buttons with borders/gaps and raised bumps to indicate which button you’re pressing by touch and feel alone.
If I give a family member or friend the key card to open the car to move it out of the way in my driveway will they know how to do it without me explaining it to them? Will they even know how to shift gears?
This shit wasn’t broken in the first place, it’s all just faux solutions. The worst part is that all the real car brands I used to love started copying Tesloser nonsense like electronic door popper buttons and glove boxes that don’t just have a latch like normal. I order an Uber and now it’s a minimalist tech bro brain teaser to figure out how the hell to open the damn door. It’s like being at a rich person’s house trying to find a trash can. Tesla actively made the rest of the car industry worse thanks to their influence and it sucks.
(Note: the comment I was replying to was edited after I wrote this. It was originally criticizing Tesla owners for not carrying the backup card.)
And if you opt for the fob, then you don't need to carry a backup card at all, because even when its battery is dead, you can tap it against the reader just like you would with the card.
Here’s an idea, I don’t use any of this phone bullshit then I never depend on my phone for any of this crap, and the car I bought 20 years ago just comes with regular key fobs for free rather than spending $175 extra per fob to get something that should come with the car.
I already don’t use Apple wallet for credit cards or license or anything like that.
I don’t need or want a tech bro workflow. I’m not signing into an app to access my car. I’m not buying a car that doesn’t come with a key fob with real buttons for free included in the purchase price.
Tesla owners don’t carry a backup card, which leaves them vulnerable if something goes wrong with their phone.
Tesla owners do carry a backup card, which means the phone app doesn’t save you from needing to carry a key with you, which means this whole “new way of doing things” is just a key fob with annoying extra steps.