Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving cars

Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by APPLthrowaway99 on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:52PM (#14118888)

While looking back at it, my comment was a rather vague as to the target... Apple's customer support is spotty if you factor in their B2B (?assuming being an app developer puts you in that position?). I don't want to trust my mode of transportation to them as a result of my experiences.

In this situation, a self driving car is a combination of hardware and software. As you said:

> it's probably being driven by apple software, which is sometimes iffy and buggy and downright crappy

Whether it rolls well is one thing, but I question the consistency of the software from them, as well as their consistency on policies (app rejections)

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Re:Apple receives permit in California to test self-driving ... by millstone on Saturday April 15, 2017 @01:01AM (#14119476)

Apple's software would be a huge improvement over what traditional automakers produce. See Toyota's pile of spaghetti topped with 10,000 global variables, Jeep's "remotely disable brakes through the entertainment unit", etc. Meanwhile iOS, while not perfect, still has the best security architecture of any mobile platform.

It sounds like you have a beef with Apple, but frankly, I want my automaker to be overly cautious with 3rd party apps. Can you imagine the Android model applied to self driving cars?

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