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Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can

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20 points fortran77 | 2 comments | 03 Nov 25 16:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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poulsbohemian ◴[03 Nov 25 17:29 UTC] No.45801685[source]▶
Maybe I'm an outlier here (but I don't think so...) in that CarPlay is an absolute non-negotiable. I don't care (and don't really want...) it to handle climate control, but music, podcasts, weather, messaging, phone, and navigation? Heck yes. The built-in systems are bollocks and 99% of the planet has already committed to Android or Apple for these features in the rest of their outside-the-car life, so the dumbest thing any auto manufacturer could do is push against the tide.
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nebula8804 ◴[03 Nov 25 20:38 UTC] No.45804129[source]▶
How about Android but implemented by the car company? (Literally using apps like Google Maps but the main app menu is the car company's skin). I believe this is in effect what GM is doing? That satisfies your argument of using Android or Apple.
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1. atonse ◴[03 Nov 25 21:10 UTC] No.45804484[source]▶
The problem is that the car companies (like appliance companies) don't give a shit about building quality software.

So they will abandon it and your car (which has a lifetime of 10+ years) will have software that stopped being patched 3 years into it.

And so you'll have a crypto-node on wheels. Hell no please.

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2. nebula8804 ◴[03 Nov 25 23:49 UTC] No.45805906[source]▶
Yeah but that problem happens with companies like Tesla as well given their oldest cars are dog slow now on the latest OS. I have heard some reports of more bugs being introduced on the oldest models because of less QA (not fully sure though)

The only way out of that is to ignore the infotainment and use your own device like with an AUX port.