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Re:Apple's risky bet on CarPlay by netsharc on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @04:00PM (#40148871)
It's a bit aggravating that a slice of money I pay when buying a car goes to paying for development of the infotainment, which can be shoddy. It's like paying the Windows tax when buying a laptop with it pre-installed.

Imagine if car manufacturers started offering cars with no infotainment OS, and as users having a choice of open source OS distros to install on them..

Re:Apple's risky bet on CarPlay by JohnFen on Thursday April 25, 2024 @12:43PM (#40159790)
Personally, the existence of a car infotainment system is a disincentive for me to buy the car. I certainly won't use it, and would prefer not to pay for it.

If that system is required in order to control a car's functionality (windshield wipers, etc.), then its existence is not just a disincentive, but a dealbreaker.