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Originally Posted by Berzerker
I'm skeptical on the whole "it saves money" spiel. For every physical button that's removed, software needs to be developed to replace that button. Sure you save on hardware, but you increase software costs. And, knowing how expensive software development is in 2024, that's what leaves me sketpical.
This whole thing started with Tesla and I'm of the firm believe they went this route because they were better with software alone than integrating both, and other manufacturers saw it as "futuristic" and pushed it for marketing purposes, but not because of cost savings.
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I don’t see any possible way a few lines of code shared across multiple models can cost more than building entire physical control panels (that also require software/firmware to operate) that will need to be installed in every one of those models.