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There are worse reasons to not buy an automobile, but lack of app integration is probably the silliest reason I've seen so far.
Privacy issues, subscriptions for basic features, removal of physical buttons in favor of janky touch screens...the list is endless and you guys settled on the app not working on a 3rd party system as the straw that breaks the camel's back.
I don't see how it's silly.
Hyundais and Kias literally have the defect of exploding into fire. The manufacturers say not to park indoors. That's a great reason not to invest in one of their machines.
I'll take a broken third party integration any day over an unsafe car.
If you're investing in a car, you're either obnoxiously rich or don't know what the word investing means.
Sure, we can argue the semantics of it being the wrong word, but I would argue that a car can be an investment. A necessary way to get to and from work. Even if it's ultimately a money pit that devalues the second you drive it off the lot, it's a required part of living in a lot of North America. Don't blame me for 100 years of suburban sprawl and steady dismantling of any decent mass transit.
So no, it's not that I don't know what the word means, it's maybe that we have a different understanding of the value of a car as an integral part of mobility based on our different geographies. If I want to do anything, I have to get on the highway. I'm sure if you want to do something you can walk down a few blocks to the high street.
You know what? I actually agree with you, in that context it's a (little) silly