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  • Rivian adds Apple Music, but won't consider CarPlay

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    eriamjh said:
    I have Carplay in the 2017 Chevy Bolt EV.   Now, the Bolt doesn't have any mapping abilities or charge and route planning.

    Neither does Car Play.   

    All it has is Maps, for navigation, which I use... sometimes.   If I play music, it's either iTunes or Youtube Music.  And those don't really require anything on the screen.   

    Apple wants OEMs to adapt Carplay as an easy way to slap an interface on their cars instead of developing expensive interfaces in-house.   Instead, the OEMs mostly do a half-ass job and no one notices how bad they are because most don't care.

    Car Play came out of the dead Apple EV.   And it probably won't get very far either.
    CarPlay has been around since 2015, and it's supported by 800+ car models. I would say it's doing quite well.
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  • Rivian adds Apple Music, but won't consider CarPlay

    JamesAstroJamesAstro
    I was considering purchasing a Rivian last summer. Then I heard about the lack of CarPlay, and immediately removed Rivian from my list of possible vehicles. Sorry Rivian, you'll always be losing customers because of this.
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  • iOS 18 Passwords app can't import passwords, but macOS can

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    xyzzy-xxx said:
    I will not use Apple's password manager for several reasons:
    - Passwords will be stored and synced in cloud
    - You can import (on macOS) but probably not export
    - Limited features
    To me it looks like the main reason for Apple to make a password manager is to make it harder for customers to switch to another platform.
    I'm not sure about the latest version, but in all prior versions you could turn off iCloud syncing of passwords. Also, it's very easy to export all of your Mac passwords. This has been supported for a long time. I'm not sure how that limits moving to another platform. Most of these features have been available on the Mac for quite a while. Apple just put them into a more visible app which is easier to use. I don't see any downsides to it.


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  • Apple's durability testing is way more than a YouTuber can manage

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    mike_galloway said:

    Not sure why Apple makes any products or Appleinsider bothers to write any articles as everyone on these forums appears to be way more knowledgeable than anyone that actually does something.

    Yup. It's always easier to critique than it is to create.
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  • Just what we needed: another Apple dongle, this time for USB-C to Lightning

    JamesAstroJamesAstro
    Your article comes across as a whiny complaint. Would you prefer that Apple not sell the adapter, or not switch to USB-C?
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