cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/2362831
I don’t know how extended this is, but apparently there are car makers selling cars with no keys. Instead you download a proprietary app and use it to access your car.
I like being practical and talking to a car to turn the volume up or down, to open the door or to turn the temperature higher are things I don’t need nor want. Give me mechanical levers, reachable stalks and no proprietary bloatware. I don’t need a movie theater on wheels.
Imagine an early 2000s car running on an electric motor. That’s what I want.
The Kia’s that where easy to steal used cheap keys though, the push to start Kia’s where not being stolen.
Unfortunately not all theives understood the difference, so while your car might not be stolen, you could still end up with a smashed window.
My mate ended up with a smashed window and fucked up ignition only to have his car NOT stolen because it’s a standard hahaha