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This is what I came to the comments for. The post didn't mention price a single time. It's not that expensive to retrofit CarPlay into any vehicle, and a 166% d

This is what I came to the comments for. The post didn't mention price a single time. It's not that expensive to retrofit CarPlay into any vehicle, and a 166% delta is hard to explain away with a single feature that can be retrofitted later.

izacus 1mo ago
79% of car buyers explicitly said they won't buy a car without carplay: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-trojan-horse-into-the-automotive-industry.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-tro... So the numbers check out and there's no need for you to find the blame elsewhere.
- judge2020 1mo ago
  Doesn't excuse the article from making such a comparison without mentioning price. Ask that 79% of car buyers if they would forego carplay for a $10-20k discount.
- drawnwren 1mo ago
  I would not buy a car without carplay, I would also not pay $20k to have carplay if that were my only option.
  - izacus 1mo ago
    It's not the consumers only option though.
- lotsofpulp 1mo ago
  I went car shopping with CarPlay as a must have, and I ended up foregoing that requirement as soon as I drove a Tesla. If the software is as good as Tesla's, I have no need for CarPlay. Having to buy from a dealership and spend a few hours there, having to pay monthly for software features like maps/remote start/phone key, and having to deal with ICE stuff ended up being far bigger issues.
- eli 1mo ago
  I can believe a lot of people said that. But I'm not sure that means it's a true prediction of consumer behavior.
FrustratedMonky 1mo ago
Joe Blow doesn't want to have to 'retrofit', they want to plug in and go.
dkarl 1mo ago
Buying a car is scary enough for most people, figuring out how to trust some unaffiliated rando to do work on the most expensive or second most expensive thing they own is truly intimidating.
nradov 1mo ago
It's practically impossible to retrofit CarPlay into most newer vehicles where the infotainment system is tightly integrated with the rest of the vehicle.
- StilesCrisis 1mo ago
  It's a $200 kit: https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm

izacus 1mo ago

79% of car buyers explicitly said they won't buy a car without carplay: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-trojan-horse-into-the-automotive-industry.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-tro... So the numbers check out and there's no need for you to find the blame elsewhere.

judge2020 1mo ago
Doesn't excuse the article from making such a comparison without mentioning price. Ask that 79% of car buyers if they would forego carplay for a $10-20k discount.
drawnwren 1mo ago
I would not buy a car without carplay, I would also not pay $20k to have carplay if that were my only option.
- izacus 1mo ago
  It's not the consumers only option though.
lotsofpulp 1mo ago
I went car shopping with CarPlay as a must have, and I ended up foregoing that requirement as soon as I drove a Tesla. If the software is as good as Tesla's, I have no need for CarPlay. Having to buy from a dealership and spend a few hours there, having to pay monthly for software features like maps/remote start/phone key, and having to deal with ICE stuff ended up being far bigger issues.
eli 1mo ago
I can believe a lot of people said that. But I'm not sure that means it's a true prediction of consumer behavior.

FrustratedMonky 1mo ago

Joe Blow doesn't want to have to 'retrofit', they want to plug in and go.

dkarl 1mo ago

Buying a car is scary enough for most people, figuring out how to trust some unaffiliated rando to do work on the most expensive or second most expensive thing they own is truly intimidating.

nradov 1mo ago

It's practically impossible to retrofit CarPlay into most newer vehicles where the infotainment system is tightly integrated with the rest of the vehicle.

StilesCrisis 1mo ago
It's a $200 kit: https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm