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by ajsnigrutin 511 days ago
yep...

there was a tv ad for subaru vehicles a couple of years ago (not that long!), and during the ad, they showed the infotainment system, where the user pans the map on the navigation touchscreen, and the map moves at maybe 1fps! in an ad!

I kinda wish they standardized the car interface for tablets (like android auto, but more features), where you could just buy a tablet and insert it in (like din slots for radio, but tablet-sized), and the car would expose some non-critical interfaces to the tablet (AC,...), and you could just buy a replacement tablet if needed. Cars are made to last 10, 15, even more years, while the computers/entertainment devices move a lot faster, and that includes the connectivity (many cars on the streets today were made before 4g, and 3g is mostly dead).

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This is a genuinely good idea for a business that I think you should explore further if you have the bandwidth.
i have such a subaru - the nav is a joke - the whole UX for their GUI is bad but the car seems mostly okay

recently got a mazda - seems generally better though I think most car interfaces are crap

Look into "iDatalink" aftermarket radios
unfortunately the entire global system is designed so that more has to be sold than last year. in the US as a publicly traded corporation you are legally liable to make more than the year before... we're lucky cars even last as long as they do now...