• Hegar@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for going over reasons!

    I’m still curious though - how are car play or android auto different from just using your phone in your car?

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      1 year ago

      My biggest thing with CarPlay is that I drive a lot of cars. I own two with CarPlay. If I go back and visit my parents both of their cars have it. If you drive a lot of rental cars for work or whatever. I get in, plug in my phone, and boom. Now every car’s radio looks identical and I can pick up whatever I was doing last time(podcast, book, playlist, etc). I don’t have to fumble through Bluetooth pairing menus or familiarize myself with whatever infotainment software they have for a ton of different makes of cars.

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        1 year ago

        fumble through Bluetooth pairing menus or familiarize myself with whatever infotainment software

        Ah, got it. I’ve never used either of those things so I’ve never had that issue.

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          1 year ago

          Not sure how you haven’t had to familiarize yourself with whatever radio the manufacturer sticks in your face. Even just to figure out how to change the input to aux or whatever. CarPlay/Android Auto takes over the entire screen so whatever the stock radio UI happens to be is completely replaced.

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            1 year ago

            Not sure how you haven’t had to familiarize yourself with whatever radio the manufacturer sticks in your face.

            I just turn the knob to NPR. 🤷 Apart from knowing the frequency there’s no familiarizing needed.

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      1 year ago

      You get to use the cars screen vs using your phone as a screen (which is statistically smaller).

      Auto/Carplay UI is also optimized for driver with better legible text and fewer auxillary buttons that could distract you from driving.

      And who are you going to trust more updating the car software experience, 2 companies who is in the business of making full fledged operating systems and software, vs a car manufacturer whose software division miniscule compared to the big companies.

      Car companies essentially have 0 history of offering a good software experience. Why would anyone trust them now. Its like the Nintendo paid online stuff. Why would you trust Nintendo to have a better online experience if its paid when they have 0 history of actually making it good. Its just there to dime you for subscription money.