Mastodawn

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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Brian Oct 31

@caseyliss I finally caught up with this episode the other day and all they did was ensure I never consider GM again.

The smugness to equivocate this with Steve Jobs decision to remove things like a disc drive and say “get over it” was infuriating on so many levels.

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@Slamchez @caseyliss I haven’t gotten there yet, but I knew it was doomed when CEO said consumers weren’t coming around to EVs. Wonder if she heard what ford said about consumers wanted faster horses.