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by al2o3cr 1285 days ago
IMO this omits the biggest factor: because most car manufacturers are absolutely AWFUL at building software that works well.

I've got a Honda that's one model year too old to support CarPlay. It instead only supports "HondaLink", an epic hack involving a simultaneous USB + HDMI connection (yay dongle /s) and hacktacular apps written with PhoneGap that barely work and wouldn't get a passing grade in Babby's First App Design course. The apps haven't seen an update in years.