“Hostile militaristic dictatorship” could be said of America with how it works today. China is technically a communist country but okay.
BYD is objectively better at designing cars than Tesla. Give me a better fucking car and I’ll sign up. There aren’t good options for a person seeking a perfect brand. But fuck me for wanting a nicer car, I guess.
China is only communist by name. They’re closer to state capitalism. But I do agree that BYD makes way better cars than Tesla, still doesn’t want one though. Chinese carmakers (and Tesla) wants everything done from the screen, and I hate that, give me some actual fucking tactile buttons and knobs.
What is this touch nonsense going on? With most of the cars these days, not just mentioned ones. This is truly baffling. The only reason that I can think of is cheaper manufacturing 🤷
Probably yea, in the Mazda they really want you to use fingergestures and their AI assistant instead of just giving me a fucking button for mission critical stuff that I can use without looking.
I have the same opinion about touchscreens, but I can do most tasks on my BYD with gesture control, no need to look. Not perfect, but works pretty well. Most major functions also have physical controls, except the AC as I mentioned. I believe China implemented regulations requiring physical controls in newly built cars.
But do you know what is perfect and didn’t need change? Buttons and knobs. I don’t want a camera looking at me at all times just to do a job buttons and knobs did perfectly well. Touchscreens are fine for media and navigation, everything else should be with a tactile button I can push or turn without looking.
I know, sorry if I come off as some dense idiot, but I am fucking angry at how shit everything has become. And my wife sadly doesn’t share my opinion of 90’s Toyota Camry wagons being the greatest car ever build.
China is technically a communist country but okay.
Far from it tbh. It’s a one-party state ruled by a party that claims to be communist, but holds a monopoly on political power, controls the military and there are no free multi-party elections. It also is heavily market-oriented with a massive private sector and a stock market.
It’s capitalist with a very authoritarian regime. It’s closer to fascism than communism.
China is technically a communist country but okay.
China calls itself a communist country. But it has a leader for life, ethnic purges, and plenty of well documented prison/slave/child labor.
The US has plenty of problems too, and even a vehicle made here is full of Chinese parts made by the same laborers as the Chinese cars. Tesla specifically has terrible labor violations, especially since covid, but racism before that too.
I’d rather have small simple cars made by union workers and robots, with supported rights to repair and components that won’t total a vehicle if they break. I’m not sure late stage capitalism can support that, but China certainly isn’t any more interested in that future either.
Oh right sorry its fine for China (who helped elect the current US Admin) to want to expand their borders and try to kill you because also some other country is bad.
China is communist because the workers own means of production EXCEPT for the tools, factory, natural resources, currency, housing, transport, imports and exports, media, and every other facet of their lives: the dictatorship and oligarchy owns those.
China is communist because the workers own means of production EXCEPT for the tools, factory, natural resources, currency, housing, transport, imports and exports, media, and every other facet of their lives: the dictatorship and oligarchy owns those.
“Hostile militaristic dictatorship” could be said of America with how it works today. China is technically a communist country but okay.
BYD is objectively better at designing cars than Tesla. Give me a better fucking car and I’ll sign up. There aren’t good options for a person seeking a perfect brand. But fuck me for wanting a nicer car, I guess.
China is only communist by name. They’re closer to state capitalism. But I do agree that BYD makes way better cars than Tesla, still doesn’t want one though. Chinese carmakers (and Tesla) wants everything done from the screen, and I hate that, give me some actual fucking tactile buttons and knobs.
What is this touch nonsense going on? With most of the cars these days, not just mentioned ones. This is truly baffling. The only reason that I can think of is cheaper manufacturing 🤷
Probably yea, in the Mazda they really want you to use fingergestures and their AI assistant instead of just giving me a fucking button for mission critical stuff that I can use without looking.
I can think of a single useful fingergesture - middle finger.
If only that replaced the touchscreen with actual buttons.
I saw a funny video once where a man does ninjutsu to navigate to the home screen because didn’t want to enable the three button mode.
I have the same opinion about touchscreens, but I can do most tasks on my BYD with gesture control, no need to look. Not perfect, but works pretty well. Most major functions also have physical controls, except the AC as I mentioned. I believe China implemented regulations requiring physical controls in newly built cars.
But do you know what is perfect and didn’t need change? Buttons and knobs. I don’t want a camera looking at me at all times just to do a job buttons and knobs did perfectly well. Touchscreens are fine for media and navigation, everything else should be with a tactile button I can push or turn without looking.
You’re preaching to the choir :)
I know, sorry if I come off as some dense idiot, but I am fucking angry at how shit everything has become. And my wife sadly doesn’t share my opinion of 90’s Toyota Camry wagons being the greatest car ever build.
Keep in mind, the wife is never wrong.
Far from it tbh. It’s a one-party state ruled by a party that claims to be communist, but holds a monopoly on political power, controls the military and there are no free multi-party elections. It also is heavily market-oriented with a massive private sector and a stock market.
It’s capitalist with a very authoritarian regime. It’s closer to fascism than communism.
China calls itself a communist country. But it has a leader for life, ethnic purges, and plenty of well documented prison/slave/child labor.
The US has plenty of problems too, and even a vehicle made here is full of Chinese parts made by the same laborers as the Chinese cars. Tesla specifically has terrible labor violations, especially since covid, but racism before that too.
I’d rather have small simple cars made by union workers and robots, with supported rights to repair and components that won’t total a vehicle if they break. I’m not sure late stage capitalism can support that, but China certainly isn’t any more interested in that future either.
Look at the squalor!!
Oh right sorry its fine for China (who helped elect the current US Admin) to want to expand their borders and try to kill you because also some other country is bad.
China is communist because the workers own means of production EXCEPT for the tools, factory, natural resources, currency, housing, transport, imports and exports, media, and every other facet of their lives: the dictatorship and oligarchy owns those.
BYD are also pieces of shit.
Wow, the UAW owns all that? Who knew!