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Hijacking this somewhat related topic:
There needs to be a standardised set of APIs that automakers comply to for smartphone-powered infotainment.
Right now you have zero choice. iPhone: you can use carplay and nothing else. Android: you can use Android Auto and nothing else.
There can’t be any competition because it’s locked down.
Car infotainment systems need an open protocol for display, sending touch/control knob information back to the phone, sending other info back from the car, like mic audio for voice assistants/calls, whether the headlights are on to switch between light/dark mode, whether the car is LHD/RHD to reorganise the on-display controls, etc.
That would be awesome, but who’s going to push for it?
It’s easy for the opponents to use safety as a case for why users shouldn’t have control of the software in their car.
The manufacturers already want to get rid of ODB because they’d rather control that data themselves.
At least android auto has been reverse engineered, and doesn’t currently require any sort of difficult-to-bypass hardware attestation.
Honestly, it’s probably not happening unless the EU forces it :/
And if the EU forces it apple will find the shittiest way to “comply” just to be dicks. Then the fanboys will still defend them and buy their insanely overpriced bullshit.
