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Re:Apple Car: Bad Idea After All by blinkingled on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:30PM (#33002482)
Right, give up all control over infotainment to Apple of all companies - that'll surely work well for them.

At least with something open source they retain some control. Besides Toyota has already got you and me both because they're who they are - and part of that is they are actively involved with their suppliers and even own them in part.

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Re:Apple Car: Bad Idea After All by jononomo on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:48PM (#33003399)
Wouldn't having the largest fleet of cars in the world be great for Apple Maps? That would be an fantastic way to disrupt Google from that space.
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Re:Apple Car: Bad Idea After All by blinkingled on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @07:11AM (#33006635)
If you want to you can already use Apple maps via carplay on Toyotas. What would be the benefit to Toyota for forcing Apple maps on their customers for the small portion of vehicles people now a days buy with separate navigation system?
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Re:Apple Car: Bad Idea After All by jononomo on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:35AM (#33007161)
The benefit to Apple would be getting massive amounts of information about roads and traffic conditions for their maps so that they would be better than they are now. The benefit to Toyota would be getting world-class mapping software and great usability design.
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