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Seems odd to me that Apple would invest in developing a car instead of just focusing on the in-vehicle interface device. Then again, Apple has a long history of
by forbiddenvoid 3y ago
Seems odd to me that Apple would invest in developing a car instead of just focusing on the in-vehicle interface device. Then again, Apple has a long history of wanting absolute control over form factor, so they might believe their better served building the whole car than just one device that's used in it.
- nomel 3y agoI assume many of these seemingly odd efforts by big companies are to help fill their patent portfolio.
- forbiddenvoid 3y agoThat is also a very reasonable hypothesis. It would be interesting to know the economics in this case, if that turned out to be true. Spinning up an entire automotive engineering R&D division seems like a very expensive way to generate patents.
- nomel 3y ago> Spinning up an entire automotive engineering R&D division seems like a very expensive way to generate patents. What's the alternative? Real patents usually come from real work, rather than thought experiments.
- supportengineer 3y agoIt would be the one car with privacy protections
- skybrian 3y agoOr maybe "without privacy problems," the way the industry is going?
- kjkjadksj 3y agoYep because them and their ilk created the issue now you need to buy their solution. Meanwhile your bog standard no frills 2010s era car would be like a hardened CIA ghost vehicle in comparison to anything offered from an american tech company, even a model pitched specifically for privacy.
- randomdata 3y agoGM announced several months ago that their newest infotainment system, developed in partnership with Google, will not support CarPlay. Other manufacturers could start to go in the same direction. If Apple is committed to the in-vehicle interface, their own car ensures that they have a vehicle to display it in.