Are Cars Just Smartphones on Wheels? The Driving Soul Debate
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Cars are evolving into “smartphones on wheels” with apps, updates, and subscriptions. But are we sacrificing the soul of driving for digital convenience?

For over a century, the automobile has represented freedom, power, and the thrill of mechanical mastery. The connection between driver, machine, and road defined what it meant to own and love a car. But in today’s digital era, a different trend is unfolding. Cars are no longer just machines designed to take us from point A to point B. Increasingly, they resemble something else entirely: smartphones on wheels.

  • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My car is from 2014, no “smart” crap in it… So I guess it’s to varying degrees. I have the feeling OP isn’t talking about the first ever smart car, but that it’s become ubiquitous.

    • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      42·
      2 days ago

      Pardon my aggression from the previous comment

      I didn’t mean “every car” I just was referring to the fact that cars started to do what OP is referring to a very long time ago. Certainly not every car. It was a luxury option back then. Nowadays, it’s just becoming standard.

      Perhaps I could’ve communicated that better