Casey LissOct 31

This Decoder episode is infuriating. I expected to hate-listen to it, and HOO BOY was I right.

As expected, Nilay asked about GM's intention to ditch CarPlay/Android Auto. The excuses and justifications that Sterling Anderson and Mary Barra are just heaps of shit. In particular, Sterling's assertion of “nobody uses iPhone mirroring" is both incorrect and built on a foundation of false equivalence.

God damnit this makes me so unnecessarily angry.

https://www.theverge.com/podcast/803379/gm-ceo-mary-barra-sterling-anderson-cadillac-iq-ev-autonomy-interview

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

GM CEO Mary Barra and new Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson discuss the company’s major AI, autonomy, and EV ambitions.

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@caseyliss @gruber had a bit a couple of days ago about rental cars and how renters demand car play.

I owned a Tesla for 6.5 years. No Carplay. The Podcast player got better, but never as good as Apple Podcasts. Forget about Overcast as a stretch goal. It lacked basic features like scrubbing.

The beauty of CarPlay is that there are markets for niche apps and by supporting CarPlay you enable them.

Oct 31 at 4:59pmWeb