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Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by bunderbunder on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:22PM (#18059506)
Smartphones are getting increasingly well-integrated into the car's stereo, though - especially in the Appleverse.

From a contingency planning perspective, even if their business is healthy now, they might also want to hedge against a long-term decrease in private car ownership. We're seeing quite a few trends that point in that direction: increasing use of ride share services, self-driving cars, wealthier folks moving back into the cities, increasing cultural interest in moving away from motorized transportation as the default, more remote work.

Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by Marsymars on Monday September 24, 2018 @08:06PM (#18062557)
> Smartphones are getting increasingly well-integrated into the car's stereo, though - especially in the Appleverse.

My personal threshold for usability is that I need functionality while wearing thick winter mittens.