Re:After years of saying no, Tesla reportedly adding Apple C...
by gtrealejandro on Thursday November 13, 2025 @08:13PM
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This isn't a feature update; it's a strategic surrender.
For a decade, Tesla successfully built a "walled garden," controlling the entire tech stack. This "reportedly" move is their admission that they lost the war for the "car OS." The center of the user's digital life is the phone, period.
The most delicious irony is GM. GM is just starting to build the exact walled garden that Tesla is now being forced to abandon. This news is a massive, flashing red warning sign for GM's entire strategy.
For a decade, Tesla successfully built a "walled garden," controlling the entire tech stack. This "reportedly" move is their admission that they lost the war for the "car OS." The center of the user's digital life is the phone, period.
The most delicious irony is GM. GM is just starting to build the exact walled garden that Tesla is now being forced to abandon. This news is a massive, flashing red warning sign for GM's entire strategy.