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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why do you need performance or power efficiency in a car's computer? It just needs to go when I press the pedal, and stop when I hit the brakes. That's not complicated, and something like battery wear leveling and temperature regulation can be a completely closed system and not require any updates whatsoever.

I really don't understand why cars need so much complex stuff, I just want it to get me from A to B, ideally in comfort. My current car that's >15 years old does that just fine with no internet connection, why do I need all the complex software?

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why performance...

Do you like your car's head unit to spend 1-5 seconds not doing anything before responding to your touchscreen or button press? No? Then yes, performance matters.

Power efficiency? Anything to extend battery life.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I don’t even want my car to have a touch screen!

Yeah, I don't need a touch screen. All I want is feature parity with my 15+ yo cars.