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Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? (www.wired.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I may be weird but why would you need an infotainment system at all? I have all the infotainment I could possibly want in my phone, the car is only needed as a Bluetooth speaker and for standard playback controls.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

The car screen is significantly bigger than the phone screen, making it quicker to glance at it for driving instructions.

But now we're just coming back to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. I just want a big screen with physically touchable controls for those. My previous car did exactly that, but now I've gone near two decades older so I now get a fancy screen with no functionality beyond FM radio and DVD video lol