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.

  • EvilFonzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    They certainly are becoming more like smart phones in that they monitor everything you do and report home to sell that data to any agency that wants to pay for it. With a lot of the high-tech cars requiring a mobile app to interface with the car, it’s as pervasive as Facebook, etc. So much better than just getting on a bus, though! Right?