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Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can

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20 points fortran77 | 3 comments | 03 Nov 25 16:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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marstall ◴[03 Nov 25 18:24 UTC] No.45802405[source]▶
I love CarPlay, but I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect and I'm left fiddling with it while driving. It seems like what GM's doing would at least eliminate that risk factor.
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1. jmye ◴[03 Nov 25 20:22 UTC] No.45803947[source]▶
> I do feel like I'm risking my family's life when it fails to connect and I'm left fiddling with it while driving.

Wireless connectivity may be frustrating (though I've never had connectivity issues plugged in to the USB port), but this is a really bizarre framing.

Just pull over.

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2. nebula8804 ◴[03 Nov 25 20:31 UTC] No.45804047[source]▶
How about no. I don't want to pull over and "reboot" the car (like I had to with the Mach-E). My daily for 15 years has been a 2006 Mazda 3 with an added AUX port and a magsafe phone holder on my dash. No software crashes, no nonsense.
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3. SkyPuncher ◴[03 Nov 25 21:02 UTC] No.45804385[source]▶
> I don't want to pull over and "reboot" the car (like I had to with the Mach-E).

Next time, try holding Volume down+forward buttons.

That being said, Ford makes great vehicles, but terrible software. My car has so many stupid bugs (all just annoyances).