GM Says It’s Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety::undefined

  • nyan@lemmy.cafe
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    10 months ago

    This is going to cripple them in the market. Removing features does nothing to make a vehicle more attractive to the average idiot. Maybe GM thinks they can get away with it because the demand for cars exceeds the supply right now, I don’t know.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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      10 months ago

      This isn’t much different than smart TVs pushing their shitty outdated apps on you versus using something like a Roku or Firestick which is third party and updated regularly. This is a classic GM move of taking the exact wrong action on something and expecting great results. This is why they keep going bankrupt.

      • LrdThndr@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I have an older Roku tv. I recently got a nice roku streambar and hooked it up to the older Roku tv.

        The tv displayed a popup with a message along the lines of “Oh hey, we see you connected a newer Roku device. No worries. Well just use it instead of the older built in one and you’ll never know the difference.”

        More of this please.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      They’re probably still marketing to boomers, maybe an ok play in the short term, but that target audience is probably not going to prop them up forever