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Steve Wozniak says Tesla 'is the worst in the world' at improving its technology

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This story makes me laugh. The irony of an Apple co-founder chastising another company for updates that slowly and significantly make the experience worse everytime is too rich. I don’t have a Tesla and I’m fully bought into the Apple ecosystem and my god, the recent updates to the HomePod line and Siri have made it genuinely unusable. Not a single speaker can stay in sync for a whole song. And god forbid you want to…

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Maybe try using the "myToyota Connect" app for a day, or most any legacy carmarker's touchscreen UI, and tell me who's the worst at improving their technology. Although I do agree with Woz that not having a physical latch for opening the glovebox on the Tesla is the stupidest thing ever.

The Model Y, 3 has no physical latch in the back seat to exit. As an owner who primarily sits in the front seat this was a significant oversight on my part. And I won’t be making it again.

What? How does one exit the car then?

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I bet fans will not react to this. They believe their genius is at work.

I don't think I've met a single Tesla fan who thinks getting rid of the stalks on the Model 3 Highland was a good idea. Even Tesla had to backpedal on this, since the new Model Y Juniper brought back one for turn signals (but not gear selections).

Well,in general, this must be something to do with Right to Repair ideas which is forbidden theme both for Apple and Tesla campuses.

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I bet fans will not react to this. They believe their genius is at work.

I don't think I've met a single Tesla fan who thinks getting rid of the stalks on the Model 3 Highland was a good idea. Even Tesla had to backpedal on this, since the new Model Y Juniper brought back one for turn signals (but not gear selections).

These are radical changes that went too far for conservative buyers like me. Old model Y is the perfect balance between modern touch and classical usability with the stalks. I will definitely not buy another Tesla with yoke/buttons on the wheel/no stalls. It’s okay when one has private driver, but sadly I must drive the car by myself.

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Maybe try using the "myToyota Connect" app for a day, or most any legacy carmarker's touchscreen UI, and tell me who's the worst at improving their technology. Although I do agree with Woz that not having a physical latch for opening the glovebox on the Tesla is the stupidest thing ever.

I agree that the lack of a latch was dumb, but effectively having two gloveboxes in the center console, that are bigger and closer than the tiny glovebox has left me never actually needing to open it.

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Maybe try using the "myToyota Connect" app for a day, or most any legacy carmarker's touchscreen UI, and tell me who's the worst at improving their technology. Although I do agree with Woz that not having a physical latch for opening the glovebox on the Tesla is the stupidest thing ever.

Using? That's already advanced. Try to login to myAudi app for a day, then we talk. Everybody on HN chats on fancy new frameworks and AI and languages, while whatever they let out in the word is laughable at best.

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This story makes me laugh. The irony of an Apple co-founder chastising another company for updates that slowly and significantly make the experience worse everytime is too rich. I don’t have a Tesla and I’m fully bought into the Apple ecosystem and my god, the recent updates to the HomePod line and Siri have made it genuinely unusable. Not a single speaker can stay in sync for a whole song. And god forbid you want to…

Photos app in iOS 18 is simply atrocious. Try sharing an album with friends. So many UX issues that it could be a case study.

I never understood why there’s such a huge disconnect between private albums and shared ones. My biggest gripe with shared ones is that they don’t provide full quality/res pics. I was going to ask why if a full quality backup is already in the cloud, but now I realize it might be because of the security architecture? Still, this should at least be an option, even if it means storing the data twice, especially since we’re paying for that storage anyway.

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Maybe try using the "myToyota Connect" app for a day, or most any legacy carmarker's touchscreen UI, and tell me who's the worst at improving their technology. Although I do agree with Woz that not having a physical latch for opening the glovebox on the Tesla is the stupidest thing ever.

Except you don't nees to. On a Toyota tou van just use Android auto, and never deal with the Toyota infotainment thing.

Also, the car hás plenty of physical buttons, so I only ever interact with touchscreen for maps.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Model Y, 3 has no physical latch in the back seat to exit. As an owner who primarily sits in the front seat this was a significant oversight on my part. And I won’t be making it again.

What? How does one exit the car then?

One often doesn't.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91227786/teslas-latest-tragic-fi...

Four friends died on October 24 in a Tesla Model Y that caught fire after crashing into a safety barrier on Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto. After the crash, it appears the car’s electronic opening mechanism stopped working, preventing the occupants and others from opening the doors.

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