> They don't lose power by outsourcing their software stack It's not even "the software stack", it's only the bits that relate to entertainment and navigation.

> They don't lose power by outsourcing their software stack It's not even "the software stack", it's only the bits that relate to entertainment and navigation. The funny thing is, it was only in the late 90's (I think?) that car radios transitioned away from being commodities, by way of the DIN mount: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7736 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7736 - Cars would often ship with comically featureless stereos, because people would replace them anyway. I had a semi-fancy Sony CD-radio that followed me through a couple of beaters and I don't think that was all that unusual. In many ways, this new movement is just a return to the old state.