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Comment on GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy to Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
How long until they reverse their all-in-house infotainment strategy and go back to CarPlay and Android Auto?
VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 4 months ago
TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Is Android Automotive really an “in-house” strategy?
Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 months ago
No. That’s why consumers want them to “go back” to it and Apple Car Play.
TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
UltiFi, the software on all GM EVs, is Android Automotive with an icon pack. All of the services are Google’s (Maps, assistant, app store, etc). All GM does is change some graphics. Nothing about it is in-house.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
IIRC Android auto and Android automotive are two different things
SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 months ago
When they can make money off Android Auto or CarPlay, they will switch back.
cbarrick@lemmy.world 4 months ago
How do they make money off in-house infotainment?
It seems like better infotainment would lead to more sales…
Is theirs better? I doubt it.
kalleboo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Selling their own music and maps subscriptions, ads, selling location data
SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 months ago
They sell your data. They could also inject ads into shit and force you to pay to remove them.
Better infotainment will lead to higher customer satisfaction in the long run. But many corporations are notoriously short sighted and grab for the quick and easy profits. Sure, you might be annoyed that they locked paywalled a feature that used to be free but you are unlikely to sell your car because of it. They already have your money from you buying the car so any extra money coming from you is icing in the cake.
eskimofry@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No fees to Apple & Google is a massive cost struck out of their balance sheets, yes? Frees up a lot of money.