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Why would you want to tie the car and phone together? Does that mean I have to upgrade my car every few years to keep up with increasing hardware requirements?
by TheAceOfHearts 2y ago
Why would you want to tie the car and phone together? Does that mean I have to upgrade my car every few years to keep up with increasing hardware requirements? Wouldn't it be better to have a computer at home?
> From our continuing discussions with automotive management teams and industry experts, the car is an extension of the phone. The phone is an extension of the car. The lines between car and phone are truly blurring.
This quote is really something... It's not entirely wrong though, both definitely want to track everything you do in order to sell your data to anyone with a pulse.
But let's be realistic, if Elon decides to make a new smartphone there's no shot that he'll build an OS from scratch vs making a shitty android fork. I really hope he tries though, having more competition in the smartphone space might force companies to start innovating once more.