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Nope, 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
by vec 9y ago
Nope, 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.