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by SkyPuncher 1043 days ago
> I refuse to use a cellphone, so I will not buy a car that has Android or Apple stuff.

Then, you're also not buying an EV it sounds like... All of these fancy headunits require a cell phone modem....

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CarPlay is entirely optional. Your headunit will have all of the basic still built in.
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csdvrx 1042 days ago
> Then, you're also not buying an EV it sounds like

Then I won't?

Instead, for a fraction of the price I may get a nice second hand muscle car, with no feature I don't want to be present. It may even have an old school CD player, I like retro :)

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CamperBob2 1042 days ago
That's great, but this thread is about something else entirely. No one at GM (or anywhere else, apparently) can make recurring revenue from you, so your needs and interests will be even less relevant to automakers than those of the rest of us.

Sucks, but that's how things are shaping up. Too late for the proverbial pebbles to vote.

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csdvrx 1042 days ago
> your needs and interests will be even less relevant to automakers than those of the rest of us

It's more of a want than a need. Otherwise, I agree, but not being able to buy an EV was presented as a bad thing?

There are fewer alternatives than I'd like, but there're still plenty to get the basic "car" need satisfied with my special "no phone use required" preference.

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