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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (23 children)

There's just no good reason to have anything beyond the radio/nav etc in a car connected to the Internet. Remote start can be done with just the key.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You know what fuck builtin nav. Connect it to my phone and let that be it for navigation.

[–] trolololol 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And same for music. What year is this 2010?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like using the built in radio rather than my phone for music, but it doesn't need an internet connection, just a flash drive.

I suppose I'm a weirdo for not using Spotify like most people nowadays though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I use my phone for music... but i have a 256GB sd card installed in it.

[–] trolololol 1 points 1 month ago

A bit, I have a huge collection of CDs ripped to MP3 that are nowhere else digital streaming

I find the weird weird thing is to listen to local radio or satellite radio. I only do it for short trips where the radio turns on automatically and it's not worth the time to put decent music from the phone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Plus if you use your phone for nav you can use whatever maps you like. My city is mapped pretty good on openstreetmap so that's what I use.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would say even those don't need Internet. Navigation can be updated using a USB drive, and I have a phone for audio so I just need bluetooth.

The only network connection I want in my car is to notify emergency services if the airbags go off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Things like live traffic require a connection though, and Google maps I think does the routing calcs off the device. Most people will use their phone for all that, but the use case is there.

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