The slippery slope is what makes this not okay. It’s a completely unnecessary invasion of privacy in the guise of “safety”.
I’d love to see some statistics showing that these things are anything other than an additional tax on the drivers. This is bad for everyone and it desensitizes you and opens the door to further surveillance I’m the future.
Why wouldn’t you set a wallpaper? It’s a good way to personalize your phone and make it unique
So what? For a hybrid app like that to be smooth and performant, he has my kudos. If I hadn’t already seen this running in a browser, I don’t think I would have realized it was. I personally like the Sync experience, but it’s really cool to have lots of different choices that use different tech.
This is such a cop-out. “No computers!”, but it’s okay to let someone drive who isn’t paying attention because they’re deep in their phone? I drive a motorcycle and I’ve had people stare me straight in the eye, only to pull out in front of me and nearly kill me.
People are notoriously bad at driving. The computer doesn’t have to be perfect, just better than the soccer moms or distracted dummies.