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Not really. This is due to the legacy of the iPod. Many cars integrated iPod specific systems years and years ago. The iPhones of today retained much of that co
by eclipxe 9y ago
Not really. This is due to the legacy of the iPod. Many cars integrated iPod specific systems years and years ago. The iPhones of today retained much of that compatibility. Apple could have removed iPod accessory support from the iPhone and this problem wouldn’t occur.
- vec 9y agoNope, still Apple. There's no good reason that the iPod couldn't use a standard protocol. For that matter, there's not much reason not to just read it as a USB drive and let the car's internal music player do all the work, even if just as a fallback. I can kind of understand why Apple would want the entire world to only work with their proprietary connector, but for the life of me I still can't figure out why anyone else, especially auto manufacturers, went along with it. It's a horribly short-sighted decision for products like cars which regularly have a useful lifetime measured in decades.
- clintonb 9y agoThe USB drive solution solves only one part of the problem. You assume all of my music in iTunes/Apple Music. I only listen to music in that app...because the car plays "Aaj Ki Raat" every time I plug in my iPhone. I usually listen to podcasts or Amazon Music. A standard protocol would be great, if one exists. Treating the external device as a USB drive closes the door on other apps/functionality.
- eclipxe 9y agoSure there is (was) - DRM. Your average iPod had thousands of iTunes DRM protected songs. A standard USB drive with a bunch of files with DRM wouldn't playback on the headunit.