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Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? (www.carsandhorsepower.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Ads between gear changes in 3…2…1…

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

We're not too far detached from that being reality already. There are several car brands that straight up block your entire infotainment system to show their own ads

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