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Is there a reason why head-unit of the infotainment system cannot be easily upgraded?

• Arainach 8y ago
  Everything in a car has to be certified for safety. Infotainment systems integrate deeply with cars - they consume and expose a lot of information that isn't guaranteed to be expressed over standard protocols, and most of them aren't even in consistent sizes or shapes.
  • denkmoon 8y ago
    Yet I can buy a double DIN head unit running android auto and just whack it in my 2012 corolla. I think the major problems here aren't safety or engineering, they are purely economic.
    • asfdsfggtfd 8y ago
      There is a difference between can and should. Third party entertainment systems should not be a problem. In reality they are because of bad designs.
    • shortsightedsid 8y ago
      What about product liability?