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GM will ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, not just EVs

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61 points cwmartin | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 23:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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add-sub-mul-div ◴[23 Oct 25 02:37 UTC] No.45677586[source]▶
My car has no screens and neither will my next one. I can't cut the tech giants out of my life altogether but I'm reducing my reliance on them, not increasing their use cases where I don't need to. I'm not inviting them into my driving, my purchases, my music listening, my reading, or any other part of my life. Good for GM.
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kasey_junk ◴[23 Oct 25 10:14 UTC] No.45680227[source]▶
In the US that is going to restrict you to old used cars. Cars made after 2018 require a backup camera so there is virtually no other way to support the law.
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1. add-sub-mul-div ◴[23 Oct 25 13:20 UTC] No.45681486[source]▶
My current car is from 2003 and I'm happy with it. I'm fine with a backup camera screen, as long as I don't need Google/Apple in the mix and the controls (radio, climate, etc.) are not screen-based.
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2. kasey_junk ◴[23 Oct 25 16:08 UTC] No.45683520[source]▶
GMC probably doesn’t care about your opinion on what they put in new cars if you’ve conceded you aren’t going to buy one.

But I’d suggest to you that if GMC is not supporting Apple/Android projection it’s not because they want to support something simpler and more open. It’s because they want to own the whole system.

Who do you trust more to build quality software and not rent seek in that situation?