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by HidyBush 1398 days ago
>you can update the UI of a car with a touchscreen but not one with buttons

A car is a dependable tool. Changing the UI during a car's lifetime is dangerous and unprofessional. I'd say the same is true for smartphones and computers but I guess the majority of people think of them as simple "cool entertainment devices"

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Speak for yourself. My car gained the ability to display directions from CarPlay in the heads-up display overnight, while parked in my garage, increasing the value to me massively.
A feature has been added. Has anything changed, though...
Sure, lots of things. No regressions I’ve noticed…
let’s never improve, let’s bifurcate development to support old systems

this is a unproductive conservative attitude

no I won’t get off your lawn

I’ve been burned by changing UIs but it’s the price we pay for progress

>unproductive

tell me more about how updating your car's UI overnight can make you more productive

my point was broader, any one update won’t make you productive it will be likely be regressive

all updates taking together will allow for progress

Progress for progress sake is worse than worthless, and in the case here it’s distracting and dangerous. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Not all movement is progress