What an awful “premium” brand. They’re the same ones trying for subscription access to heated seats, remote start, or driver assistance features among others.
What a crap brand.
I think it’s already the case on turn signals, but nobody noticed
The EU should ban this crap as soon as possible, it is clearly a distraction from driving
I love this for them
This is one of those things that might actually serve to push the notion that digital devices (including cars now) should be required to be capable of installing independent operating systems, especially open source ones.
I’d absolutely require military devices to be driven by open source software. And yes, that’s a security liability, but security-by-obscurity is an even greater liability.
In the case of consumer devices, open-source access would be a means of protecting the end user from predatory software rife with dark patterns.
If this shit came on while driving I would wreck the car ans sue the shit out of BMW.
But I’m not an asshole, so I’ll never own a BMW…
The most amazing thing about all this is the execs that came up with the idea genuinely seem to think people want this.
How out of touch can you get?
Nope. They didn’t think it was a great idea because people will like it. They thought it was a great idea because of money.
