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A comment on Apple's risky bet on CarPlay. Parent comment

Re:Apple's risky bet on CarPlay by dzhiurgis on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @12:44AM (#40140671)
Lol. Just a protocol that you need to get a blessing from Apple and pay them dearly.
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Re:Apple's risky bet on CarPlay by lotsofpulp on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @10:05AM (#40144560)
> pay them dearly.

Source? I cannot find a single reference to Apple collecting fees, much less onerous fees, for implementing CarPlay functionality.

Automakers don’t like CarPlay because it makes cars fungible. I like CarPlay because it makes cars fungible. Apple seems like it would give away CarPlay (at least for now) to broaden the reach of its platform.

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