I don’t get much about tech in my car, but no CarPlay would be a deal breaker. Even as a rental I won’t consider a car without it.

I don’t see what their beef is, I mean that in a general setting since this is a pretty big topic.

I never look at my phone anymore thanks to CarPlay. Hit a few buttons and I’m fine, sure Siri can fuck up a text but that’s just technology

I just got a 2024 Integra with wireless Car Play, and it’s easily just so much objectively better that I will never get a car that doesn’t offer it or Android Auto. GM can go fuck themselves.

Lots of CEOs are perceiving a shift from car companies to being “software companies”, its a meme with executives right now - spurred on by the meteoric rise of Tesla’s stock price.

The lack of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is not a cost cutting exercise - in fact its dirt cheap to have it onboard - most sub $15K brand new vehicles in India and China have it standard.

Its a vendor lock-in exercise. They are hoping people will get used to Chevy/Tesla/BMW Vehicle systems and stay locked into the brand, just like how Apple keeps people in iOS/Mac land.

The problem is that people probably spend 1-2 orders of magnitude less time interacting with their vehicles software than with their phones/laptops, in my opinion the hallmark of a good infotainment system is how little you have to use it.

CEOs and making short sighted business decisions motivated by the growth in completely different industry while ignoring the nuances of the strategy of that particular industry. Name a more iconic duo.

Damn Volvo CEO speaking some truth here. F*$( all other crap… Give me Apple Car Play and Android auto or you can go eff yourself. I will seriously not buy a new vehicle in 2023 + that does not have this feature.