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The real reason automakers are ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (www.motortrend.com)
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TLDR: Automakers want a piece of the data harvesting pie. But don't worry they assure us it's just to improve their products. You know, like the infotainment they're building, that they wouldn't need to build if they kept phone integration.

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[โ€“] bitcrafter@programming.dev 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I for one applaud the automakers for their bravery in harvesting our data themselves in order to improve our products!

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

It's 100% selfish interests and 0% user interests.