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  • GM ditching CarPlay & Android Auto for Google-built infotainment system

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    illrigger said:
    That's Volvo/Polestar, Nissan/Mitsubishi/Renault, GM, Ford/Lincoln, Honda/Acura, VW Group, and now Chevrolet that are all-in on Android Automotive, with several others using it as their base without the Google services.

    It's not shocking, it's all about money. Apple's Carplay integration requires the carmakers to still develop a local OS and GUI for those who don't have an iPhone, and presumably they have to pay Apple some licensing fees on top. Android Automotive *is* the operating system so no external reliance needs to be assumed, and presumably Google is both aiding in integration and probably covering part of the costs. In the end, automakers get a cohesive car OS that has top-notch navigation and all the apps people want, and Google does all the work for them.

    In a day when the software that runs the car is as important if not more so as the hardware, anything that makes the job easier and cheaper for carmakers is going to get their money. Apple dropped the ball here by focusing on making people need to buy more of their products instead of working with the automakers to give them what they need, and Google has been more than happy to pick it up and run it home.

    Apple CarPlay is 100% free to automakers.   They do not pay a dime

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  • GM ditching CarPlay & Android Auto for Google-built infotainment system

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    This wins the award for The Dumbest Thing I’ve heard this month of March.   And there has been A LOT of really dumb things happening around me 

    I bet you a $1,000 this will be a disaster and they will reverse the decision with the next 5 years 
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  • M2 Macs keep Apple near-flat as PC market declines in 2022

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    Wait until the M3 rolls out across the product line 

    it is shocking Mac market share is still below 15%.  Very hard to believe given what I see out there with my own eyes,  

    My son’s college is 80% Mac now.  None of them will ever switch to Windows 


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  • Apple employees fear MR headset could be an expensive flop

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    Edgecrusherr said:
    The only way I won’t be a flop is if it can do something truly amazing or life-changing to the level. I can justify the cost that’s how computers, iPods, iPhones, iPads, and mostly watches, have been able to do well. I hope they surprise us, but it took me years to even want an Apple Watch lol. 
    Do you realize you are contradicting your own argument?   re: Apple Watch 
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  • New OLED iPad Pro will probably cost as much as a MacBook Pro

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     Chances of this actually happening:  5%

    Apple is not going to double the price of an iPad Pro in one step.  It will be more the “slow boil the lobsters” kind of thing 
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