alt Hacker News>If the customer allows for all this crap
You imply they ever had a choice.
Companies like Tesla and Rivian pioneered the trend of bringing webshit-as-an-instrument cluster to the mainstream. Other car companies saw dollar signs, rode their coattails and immediately copied it.
What is a customer supposed to do? Buy a Mitsubishi Mirage? Build their own instrument cluster?
Well personally I bought a used car which got out of the factory in 2010 and has a gauge cluster which isn't a screen.
I see no reason to buy new instead of used, and I see no reason why I would change my car to a newer one anytime soon.
I agree that automotive engineers do not work for the end customer leading to shittier cars, but I also think that most people are unable to vote with their wallet (or just don't care).