Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by makosdv 278 days ago
Yeah, I hope they put displays on more things. The trends are weird though, since some things that used to have displays no longer have them; you have to use the app on your phone instead...
2 comments

That's so they can charge a subscription
Nah to get you to give the “share location” permission while pairing, so they sell that telemetry to data brokers.
Some things should never have had a display. Eg touch screen for car controls.
Controls are different from displays.

You're probably shaking your fist at touch controls ? Would you be mad if it was a button or knob with some display ?

I recently drove a Mazda with a knob in the center console that controlled the Android Auto display. It was surprisingly usable!