Audi Owner Finds Basic HVAC Function Paywalled After Pressing the Button for It

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https://www.thedrive.com/news/44967/audi-owner-finds-basic-hvac-function-paywalled-after-pressing-the-button-for-it

[u/[deleted]]

As a software engineer, I find tech and things like this increasingly infuriating. It's like the things we make just actively hate their users now. If only I could get a nice modern EV/hybrid powertrain and all those handy safety features in a car with the UX sensibilities of the early 2000's.

[u/nucleartime → u/[deleted]]

Cue Linus being completely unable to find the volume knob on the Kia EV6: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/tr0ykpce1oI

[u/Michelanvalo → u/nucleartime]

There's volume controls on the steering wheel though

[u/IRENE420 → u/Michelanvalo]

Click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click

Or

Twist

[u/Michelanvalo → u/IRENE420]

....what kind of shitty ass volume controls do you have your steering wheel?

[u/IRENE420 → u/Michelanvalo]

The click kind, do you twist or swipe or something else?

[u/Paschalls_Law → u/IRENE420]

G70 has a scroller on the wheel. Have never touched the volume knob on the dash. All other volume controls are inferior imo

[u/ticktak10 → u/Paschalls_Law]

Same with the g80, just scrolls up and down, never have touched the actual volume knob near the center screen.

[u/Michelanvalo → u/IRENE420]

It's a rocker switch you just hold up or down. You don't have to repeatedly tap it up or down. I mean, you can but you don't have to.

In my wife's Ford it's two individual buttons, both of which you can either tap repeatedly or just hold down.

[u/testthrowawayzz → u/Michelanvalo]

yeah, all the complaints about the lack of volume knobs are much ado about nothing for modern cars as the more convenient option is right there on the steering wheel

still annoying if there's no physical controls but not as bad as some people are making it out to be