GM ditching CarPlay could go bad, complain car dealers

Technology@lemmy.world – 269 points – 1 years ago

Detroit car dealers fear GM ditching CarPlay 'could go bad'

GM's replacement for CarPlay is due at the end of 2023, but its dealers are in the dark about when that will be and what it will do to sales when buyers figure it out.

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GM has previously said that people who buy a new GM electric vehicle will get access to features such as Google Maps for free — for eight years. After that, GM expects people to subscribe for what they used to get free with CarPlay, and ultimately sees it giving GM a potential $25 billion revenue stream.

My ten year old Chevy Volt just lost connectivity a few months ago because of the 3g phase out, leading me to unsubscribe from Onstar. How many years of subscriptions are GM planning to have before the next network phase out?

And anyone who used GM's in-dash maps knows they can't be trusted to keep their products updated lol

Yeah that's some crap. At that point I'd just have my maps on my phone in the cupholder, no chance in hell I'm paying a subscription for something my phone already does, hands free laws be damned.

As someone who dosn't have carplay but whose next vehicle will 100% have it. Yeah... as much as I dislike using my phone as a GPS sometimes compared to have android auto or carplay in a work truck there is zero chance of me spending money on any kinda of GPS while google maps exists.