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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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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Bill Burr calls it "driving an iPad"

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

What becoming?

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

My car is basically an accessory that turns my phone into a car, yes.

[–] PostaL@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If they are, would that make old cars giant feature phones on wheels?

My 97 Wrangler folds in half and takes 1mp pictures.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It has wheels so the computer doesn't touch the ground you know.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yes, but why? Are they in place to protect the spinning rust when you hard drive the car? Or has it something to do with cracked Windows and a missing driver?

I'm always being extra careful around those computers on wheels, since most of them have a built-in backdoor!

Fuel for thought...

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago
[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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