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The real reason automakers are ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (www.motortrend.com)
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TLDR: Automakers want a piece of the data harvesting pie. But don't worry they assure us it's just to improve their products. You know, like the infotainment they're building, that they wouldn't need to build if they kept phone integration.

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[โ€“] andybytes@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I fucking hate cars

[โ€“] xav@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

Not me. But I hate car makers.