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.

    • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 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

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.orgEnglish
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      18 hours ago

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