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I used to champion AA because every car just had that shitty apple connection.

Now at least we have AA. But it took so long, that google went from a good company to just as evil as Apple, so we have two asshole giants to chose from.

We need a Linux open source alternative for phones… But I’ve been told it’ll never happen because the hardware is locked down and too different to be able to run custom roms…

I don’t know what the solution is

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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
For usability the solution is using some custom ROM like Graphene OS or iode. They support AA now.

For privacy the solution is to use a very old car with no infotainment. Modern cars have telemetry and always on connectivity you can’t control. Even Linux phones will not help with that. We would need open source cars which will never happen.

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- cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  We would need open source cars which will never happen.
  
  :'(
  
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The_v@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The real solution would be for the EU to mandate an standardized open source connection platform that all car companies are required to support.

I currently use android auto on my truck. I had to make a bunch settings modifications to make it semi-functional. It took me months to figure out how to get it to do what I wanted, when I wanted it

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