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minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·5 months ago Cars should just come with a big open socket up front, where I can buy (or build) my own infotainment system to install there. …which is precisely what we used to have, before auto makers decided to insist that they should be enclosed in a swooping dash.
minus-squareBigPotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoI mean, the DIN hole was a standard size but it certainly wasn’t a ‘socket’ and anyone who had a Ford Focus that needed a Mercedes-Benz writing harness to plug up their aftermarket radio knows what I’m on about.
…which is precisely what we used to have, before auto makers decided to insist that they should be enclosed in a swooping dash.
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I mean, the DIN hole was a standard size but it certainly wasn’t a ‘socket’ and anyone who had a Ford Focus that needed a Mercedes-Benz writing harness to plug up their aftermarket radio knows what I’m on about.