As a new dad still trying to get organized into his remote gig, this would be huge for me to be able to try and make my office workable again!

Same. Was interested in an Equinox EV when it came out, but not anymore!

It’s 10 years old. CarPlay only came out 8 years ago. What exactly were you expecting on a 10-year-old vehicle?

Buy an aftermarket head unit that supports CarPlay and stop whining.

Loooll he looks like a very trendy vendor

Wasn’t going to buy GM anyway. Just more fuel for my conviction

IBM found out the hard way that exclusive tie-in was against the law. Once upon a time they tried to force only IBM brand punch cards to be used with their machines, but International Business Machines Corp. v. United States, 298 U.S. 131 (1936) put a stop to that.

So imagine that GM says "you can buy this car with remote start, but you can only use said feature if you also purchase a subscription to GMremote. And using DMCA protections we will block you from using an aftermarket remote starter.

That probably wouldn't fly.

🤣🤣 sus-corp just.....doing their thing lol

And the world of exquisite high fashion hotdog vendors was never the same again

Could use this to organize the mess of wires on my desk!

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I agree but trust me Apple sales one device to me in 4-5 different pieces now they are no better.

It’ll help me by helping me in a very helpful way. Hopefully I win.

I know this is bs, but they could charge me for CarPlay and I would pay it. I am definitely picking my next car based on whether it has CarPlay.

>Unfortunately you can’t force a company to use another companies technology

Ignoring that we can do exactly that...

Something we can do without doing that is to require that if the car is sold with a physical capability, that capability must be enabled without additional fees being required.

Another option is to require that if the car is sold with a software integration feature, it must include integration with an open standard.

The third option, "force them to support someone else's software" is to mandate that if the car has any connectivity features, it must support connectivity with all devices having over a certain percentage of market share or raw number user base.

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Unfortunately you can’t force a company to use another companies technology (in this case android auto and CarPlay), only if that’s a genuine deal breaker for the majority will they adjust their strategy. If we’re talking about safety, better pay and conditions etc.. then you’re suggestions would absolutely help. The EU can do some things (such as the usb mandate for charging or all new cars required to have a SOS function to call police in the event of a crash) but these are open standards and not tied to a specific company.

>the only way they’ll learn is by not buying the product and causing them to lose money.

This isn't about "teaching" companies to behave better. You can't. They've worked out how to exploit consumers to their own benefit. You might as well suggest that we can change the behavior of casinos by just waiting for all the gambling addicts to stop gambling.

The only way to stop the behavior is to force it to stop.

While I agree with the sentiment, none of those things would have helped this situation, the only way they’ll learn is by not buying the product and causing them to lose money.

LOL you sound super angry like Peter Griffin in "What really grinds my gears"

I love the periscope camera on my Pixel 7 Pro, but the problem with those extra large phones they are very hard to hold and type one handed :/

Toyota until I die 😤

Cool! Now I don’t even have to consider GM products when I trade my car year. Makes shopping a bit easier.

I agree, it shouldn't.

However, that's the society we have constructed and the business culture we allow to exist. Wanna change it? Advocate for stronger unions and consumer protection laws. Or, as the right would tell you that means: vote for socialists.

And they just guaranteed I won’t buy their cars

Finally we can detact much faster if our toddlers do drugs.

It shouldn’t be all about money to them I could never just up and change everything I do and charge subscriptions just for the money it’s sad how money hungry they are