This author has a lot of misconceptions what a car is and how it is composed of. The HMI/MMI or however you would like to call that thing in the middle is only

This author has a lot of misconceptions what a car is and how it is composed of. The HMI/MMI or however you would like to call that thing in the middle is only a small part of the software in a car. And even using standards like Apple CarPlay or Android Auto does not mean, that they give anything away. Both "platforms" are not even platforms, they are just proprietary versions of VNC. Its like the current iteration of the Apple Watch: there is no application running on the watch. The applications can display information and they have a back channel for the user interaction. But the real application still runs on the phone. That is also true for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Then there is much more to control in this second display (the first display is the dashboard), which is air condition, power sliding windows, roof, and all the other car functions. Because anything in a car is controlled by software. In a normal mid-sized car there are about 40 to 60 ECUs (electronic control units), in a luxury car that can go up to 90 and some more. Current estimates are that a modern car is comprised by about 30% software, 30% electronics, and 30% mechanics. Seeing the reason decline of software quality by Apple, I am feeling pretty comfortable that they are only doing user interface stuff, that is unimportant to the cars performance.