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I don't think an automaker or Apple would ever consider that arrangement. Both of them want to be the primary intermediaries between customers and everyone else
by AlotOfReading 3y ago
I don't think an automaker or Apple would ever consider that arrangement. Both of them want to be the primary intermediaries between customers and everyone else, because that's where the money is and it's a rare event when either are institutionally capable of ceding or sharing control of that relationship with others.
- dybber 3y agoBut isn’t that exactly the direction they are going with next gen CarPlay? https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/22/next-generation-carplay-new-features/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/22/next-generation-carplay...
- MBCook 3y agoIt’s somewhat similar. There’s a very open question of whether any auto maker will actually allow next gen CarPlay to do all that stuff.
- eastbound 3y agoThat’s what everyone from Alcatel to Nokia said back in 2004: “We are good with programming the UI for our phones, plus we understand our customers better, because we are people persons. We know that our customers want feature phones with more WAP with locked apps from their operator.” I’m not keen on having to choose between an Apple or Android type of car, but better than the current state of OEM central consoles.
- beAbU 3y agoNokia phones allowed you to install .jar apps that you could download from various websites. Not closed at all. WhatsApp started as a .jar app for nokia dumb phones.
- MBCook 3y agoI think they would have to allow android auto similar to the way that cars with android automotive allow CarPlay to be used unless the car maker interferes. Would they do that? I would hope so. But I honestly don’t know.
- catchnear4321 3y agoapple already deals with both mobile carriers and multi-national governance bodies. quite profitably.
- MBCook 3y agoI don’t either. But I would like it.