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Well CarPlay (and Android Auto) do cut off revenue. Sure, but that revenue stream only exists in a situation where the auto manufacturer has monopoly power (ov
by alistairSH 4y ago
Well CarPlay (and Android Auto) do cut off revenue.
Sure, but that revenue stream only exists in a situation where the auto manufacturer has monopoly power (over that particular service).
Prior to cell phones, they had that power over navigation and could charge a fee for updated maps (annually via DVD initially).
Attempting to subvert the market and create a monopoly here is anti-consumer, anti-competitive, and very likely a short-sighted decision that GM will regret in 5 years.
- MBCook 4y agoI agree completely. They’re obviously desperate if they’re trying to turn the clock back 15 years.
- fma 4y agoThe other future path is that all the other OEMs follow suit because they don't want to just make money once in selling hardware - but have a recurring revenue stream. At the moment GM (and Tesla...) is capacity constrained so no reason to appease customers any more than they need to. Not till you have excess supply. I think GM can take the hit for a year or two and see if other OEMs follow. If not they can always say "whoops, here's an OTA upgrade". If other OEMs follow what will consumers do - besides mounting their cellphone on their dash.