[jwells89]

The thing about car infotainment is that on average, it’s not good, and even when it is, it is until it’s not. Support timelines for dash systems have traditionally been awful, which leads to them becoming outdated and progressively more useless as time goes on, well before the end of the vehicle’s usefulness. Even worse, with how deeply the infotainment ties into the operation of the vehicle these days, third party head unit replacements to fix this issue aren’t practical.

It’s also another thing to have to log everything into which is a pain and has to be repeated for each person frequently driving the vehicle.

CarPlay/Android Auto avoid both nicely.

Now of course I’d trust Tesla or Rivian to not pull support prematurely more than any traditional automaker, but it’s still a risk regardless of brand.