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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by tarsinge on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:58AM (#38625540)
Vehicle manufacturers are not (edit: end-user/OS) software companies, it doesn't make sense (or for any company for which it's not the core business) to build their own OS. Yes OS builders control the OS by definition. What's next, car manufacturers producing music so they get control back on what drivers listen to?
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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by nfRfqX5n on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:04AM (#38625590)
sure they are. there's a ton of software running in cars outside of the infotainment system
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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by tarsinge on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:16AM (#38625686)
I should have added the distinction: they are not end-user software companies, embedded is another world.
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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by rcxdude on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:41PM (#38631053)
There's a lot of software, but their business is making and selling hardware. That almost always leads to the business viewing software as an afterthought and a cost center. Embedded is absolutely rife with this and the quality is often awful as a result (yes, even in safety critical applications)
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Re:GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto beca... by cultofmetatron on Thursday December 14, 2023 @07:01AM (#38640452)
> their business is making and selling hardware. That almost always leads to the business viewing software as an afterthought

apple is a hardware company and manages to buck this trend.

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