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VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 105 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Because then they don't have a display the size of a living room TV to shove ads in your face

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

And to sell to the station owner when their proprietary hardware breaks. Oh what am i saying, they're all service contacts these days. So more expensive service conrtacts and the ability to shut them down for non-payment

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Were the old ones not the same...?

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Were the old ones not the same…?

The contracts? Pumps? Im kinda talking out my ass here but currently there's no ability to shut down the pumps themselves as far as i understand it (in l understanding coming from being a cashier at one once. The touchscreens outside just process the customers payments. Without those they can still be run from the other system inside. The pumps are not connected to Wi-Fi.

My hypothetical assumes more and more control left to the touchscreen outside i guess, and i ran with it. If it doesn't make much sense then just reread my first sentence ;)

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

The conversation was about locking in the owners to their expensive proprietary pumps as a reason for switching to this new style, and I was asking if lock-in was actually a new thing or not. Otherwise the comment doesn't really make a lot of sense in context.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

Reminder to try and press any of the buttons on the side of the screen to mute if possible. 2nd right or bottom right works on all the pumps around me but I dread the day we get touch only

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

This is the reason.