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Why is a car manufacturer going to keep the mobile apps they made for your model of car up to date enough to install on the next 10-15 phones you and future own

by yakak 4y ago

Why is a car manufacturer going to keep the mobile apps they made for your model of car up to date enough to install on the next 10-15 phones you and future owners buy?

mrpopo 4y ago
Regulations. Cars are heavily regulated for safety reasons. Also brand trust.
- hulitu 4y ago
  If it would have been for safety reasons, you would not be allowed to drive a Tesla. Cars are heavily regulated because every piece of regulated equipment brings money for the producer of that equiment.
  - elzbardico 4y ago
    Nonsense. Cars nowadays are a lot safer because of that regulations. And just because something is more expensive it doesn't mean that it brings more profits to the seller, it all depends on the demand-elasticity of the price. And Teslas unless you use FSD, are really safe cars. People need to tone down their Musk hate.
- treeman79 4y ago
  My Ford ui interface is v3. To get to v4 I have to buy a new car. There are a few apps you can get for it. None work.
jleyank 4y ago
What makes you think they’re going to keep their own apps running, or fix their hardware when it dies? Who uses the manufacturers apps vs. Android or iOS? Who needs a mediocre tablet with a car attached that can’t be used while driving? Minimize risk. Put the boring stuff like heat and a/c back into old-style interface. Provide a means of connecting with smartphones and leave it at that. Who’s going to pay for non google non apple maps?
- yakak 4y ago
  Sure, they should mind their own business instead of trying to infect vaguely related businesses. Your initial post sounded like a suggestion to allow offloading their crap app to my phone to eliminate just the hardware and OS portion of their crap tablet.
- hedora 4y ago
  I use Here We Go maps on android and iOS. My five year old european luxury car has them built in. There is a small per-year fee to keep the car updated. That's fine with me.

by yakak 4y ago

Why is a car manufacturer going to keep the mobile apps they made for your model of car up to date enough to install on the next 10-15 phones you and future owners buy?

mrpopo 4y ago

Regulations. Cars are heavily regulated for safety reasons. Also brand trust.

hulitu 4y ago
If it would have been for safety reasons, you would not be allowed to drive a Tesla. Cars are heavily regulated because every piece of regulated equipment brings money for the producer of that equiment.
- elzbardico 4y ago
  Nonsense. Cars nowadays are a lot safer because of that regulations. And just because something is more expensive it doesn't mean that it brings more profits to the seller, it all depends on the demand-elasticity of the price. And Teslas unless you use FSD, are really safe cars. People need to tone down their Musk hate.
treeman79 4y ago
My Ford ui interface is v3. To get to v4 I have to buy a new car. There are a few apps you can get for it. None work.

jleyank 4y ago

What makes you think they’re going to keep their own apps running, or fix their hardware when it dies? Who uses the manufacturers apps vs. Android or iOS? Who needs a mediocre tablet with a car attached that can’t be used while driving? Minimize risk. Put the boring stuff like heat and a/c back into old-style interface. Provide a means of connecting with smartphones and leave it at that. Who’s going to pay for non google non apple maps?

yakak 4y ago
Sure, they should mind their own business instead of trying to infect vaguely related businesses. Your initial post sounded like a suggestion to allow offloading their crap app to my phone to eliminate just the hardware and OS portion of their crap tablet.
hedora 4y ago
I use Here We Go maps on android and iOS. My five year old european luxury car has them built in. There is a small per-year fee to keep the car updated. That's fine with me.