[trimbo]

No.

This article is absolutely how I've come to feel about cars in the past 12-24 months. If a car doesn't have both CarPlay and Android Auto, I just won't get it[1]. It's like the top feature I care about after number of doors and the engine.

[1] - And there's no way I am paying extra to use it, sorry BMW.

[lunchables]

That's exactly the conclusion I've come to as well. My current car has CarPlay and there's no way I'll go back. And trying to charge me a monthly fee to use it is just insulting.

[favorited]

Same. My previous car had CarPlay and was totaled after about 10 months when someone hit me on the freeway. When I shopped around to replace it, I didn't even consider any car without CarPlay.

[bradlys]

$300 (for 20 years of use) is hardly anything when considering the total cost of a BMW.

[trimbo]

You're totally right, and it's <1% of the car, but perception is everything. BMW doing it the DIVX way[1] for a feature that's included on a Ford Focus rubs me the wrong way badly.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX

[readams]

BMW (uniquely) has moved to a new model that requires you to pay annually to use CarPlay. They do not support Android Auto.

[bradlys]

There are two options. You pay $80/yr or $300 for 20 years. If you're leasing for 3 years then $80/yr is what you go with.