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Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by garyfirestorm on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:20PM (#43958777)
I can tell you this works if your product doesn’t need frequent upgrades/updates and isn’t cohesive. In legacy auto world, you ask for one line of code change and the supplier slaps 100k bill. This is generally why things look old, outdated, carried over and buggy.
Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by whatever1 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:39PM (#43958863)
I totally agree with what you say. I am just not sure if the car market is willing to pay a premium to have this nicer fully integrated experience. Maybe there is space for a couple of premium makers.
Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by imglorp on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:56PM (#43959224)
My preference would be do less! Shift all the nav and entertainment to phone integration; stop trying to make half assed shit versions of those. How many billions were spent on that?
Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war by garyfirestorm on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:55PM (#43959510)
Oh we don’t want Google Amazon and Apple to have the cake and eat it too. See GM Rivian and Tesla not supporting CarPlay and AndroidAuto.