GM is offering a new infotainment system that phases out Apple's popular CarPlay software, leaving some dealers perplexed.

A big gamble by General Motors (GM) is causing consternation for its dealers in the all-important race to sell cars — namely electric vehicles.

  • gramathy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    1 year ago

    Isn’t it basically just a video stream from the phone with a return stream of tap inputs? How the hell is that hard to implement?

    • EliasChao@lemmy.oneEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Iirc, it’s been said that the reason for them to ditch CarPlay is so that they can add their own infotainment system where they can charge for subscriptions.

      It’s not a technological problem, it’s a “we want to extract every penny out of our customers” problem.