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Turns out Spotify can't open-source Car Thing because it's a potato (www.androidauthority.com)
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[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

With a weak Amlogic processor, 4GB of eMMC storage, and only 512MB of RAM, the device is too underpowered to run anything more demanding than its intended lightweight web-based media player.

Microcontroller hobbiests are over here salivating at those specs with the included screen and rotary controller

[-] jumjummy@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

I’m just waiting for someone to integrate it into Home Assistant as a dashboard. Slim profile, tactile buttons, and a nice sized display would be a fantastic home dashboard screen.

[-] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

But it can't run Crysis or Chrome with 28 tabs. Thus, useless.

[-] ThetaDev@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, you can run a modern audio streaming client on an ESP32 with 16MB of flash and 8MB of RAM , look at the LoudESP project

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Sounds like it could run winamp, vlc etc just fine. 512mb ram is plenty.

[-] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

If its just a web player with a custom skin why do they need to EOL the product? This doesn't make sense to me.

[-] Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

I'm sorry but this smells like bullshit. I'm pretty sure the thing is as powerful as my first android phone

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

baloney

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