Apple CarPlay going bye bye in late 2020s as car makers realized they can charge for their subscription based services as app bridge / wifi provider?

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By Apple projecting a simplified iPhone layout onto the car’s central screen, CarPlay lets you use apps such as Apple Maps, Spotify, make hands-free calls, and dictate text messages. It is seamless, free, and loved by millions of iPhone owners.

Last month, General Motors announced that new cars made by the auto giant won’t support CarPlay and its counterpart, Android Auto. Surveys suggest that CarPlay and Android Auto are considered must-have features among many new-car shoppers. But according to GM, the company can create an even better experience for drivers by dropping Apple and making its own software. And like it or not, car makers are watching carefully.

GM has gone as far as invoking Apple in defending its decision: Remove a feature, such as the disk drive on a laptop, and people eventually adapt and move. GM the change “will happen over time, not overnight” and “if your car supports Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, that will continue.” Before its announcement, GM had already nixed CarPlay and Android Auto in EVs. But it’s not CarPlay. Some popular apps are missing, such as Apple Podcasts and Apple Music.

There is one other crucial difference. Because GM’s software isn’t tied to a phone like CarPlay is, access to the full suite of software requires its own data plan—through GM, of course. (The cheapest plan costs $10 a month.) Get used to these kinds of subscriptions, regardless of what kind of car you drive. In recent years, automakers have realized how much money they can make from in-car technology: Maybe they charge a subscription fee for hands-free highway cruise control. Maybe they charge for apps that let you control aspects of the car from your phone. Maybe they sell data that your navigation system collects about you.

Apple sees tremendous value in expanding its presence in your car: The next step is CarPlay Ultra, which enables your phone to temperature? Ask Siri to do it. It’s an Apple lover’s dream and a car company’s worst nightmare.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

That will be the day before I pay for any of this crap. I didn;t have it before and I don't need it now.

I would, be perfectly happy with a pickup truck without cameras, airbags, power windows, GPS, or even Air Conditioning. Its just a bunch of junk that you don't need that costs a ton of money to have fixed when it breaks.

Awesomesauce2005 · Accepted Answer

Here's an idea, don't buy new cars. Quit being lazy and learn how to repair and drive older ones because they aren't engineered to fail

Likes2drive · Answer

I just won’t buy another new car for a longer time or an American car anyway, I don’t even pay for satellite radio or the navigation on my car play system anyway and never will

msc545 · Answer

I honestly do not care. I hate Apple products and I won't buy them because they're nothing but a rip-off. I also will not buy American-made cars for any reason at all since the damn things don't last very long, they cost too much, and they break down all the time.

Anonymous · Answer

Car Play is on the Apple platform as all Apple features and services have been for the past 20 years. It won't be going anywhere. Apple has 75% market share and for people to use their iPhones and Apple Watches seamlessly when they go into their cars they'll still need to have Car Play. GM's new service will just be the equivalent of another generic Android app.

Mangospacho · Answer

Not gonna work out well for GM if their “solution” to declining sales is to take away features that customers actually love. This is great short term news for investors but GM has not been able to expand their customer base with their marketing for decades.

seeyounexttuesday · Answer

There'll be a workaround in a matter of days after the first car is sold.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I have no use for that garbage. I prefer CD players.

Spencer10 · Answer

I will choose not to use it. Its my choice. Should be concentrating on driving anyway...

Anonymous · Answer

Bring back the AUX. Remember audio cables?  Hell bring back CD Players and Tape Decks. Next you’ll see Radio payments at this rate.

LiamJHayden · Answer

New cars cost nearly as much as the previous generation paid for their houses, so just wait a few years and someone will have a solution to this newest scam.

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