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This is what I came to the comments for. The post didn't mention price a single time. It's not that expensive to retrofit CarPlay into any vehicle, and a 166% d

This is what I came to the comments for. The post didn't mention price a single time. It's not that expensive to retrofit CarPlay into any vehicle, and a 166% delta is hard to explain away with a single feature that can be retrofitted later.

izacus 10d ago
79% of car buyers explicitly said they won't buy a car without carplay: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-trojan-horse-into-the-automotive-industry.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-tro... So the numbers check out and there's no need for you to find the blame elsewhere.
- drawnwren 10d ago
  I would not buy a car without carplay, I would also not pay $20k to have carplay if that were my only option.
  - izacus 10d ago
    It's not the consumers only option though.
- judge2020 10d ago
  Doesn't excuse the article from making such a comparison without mentioning price. Ask that 79% of car buyers if they would forego carplay for a $10-20k discount.
- lotsofpulp 10d ago
  I went car shopping with CarPlay as a must have, and I ended up foregoing that requirement as soon as I drove a Tesla. If the software is as good as Tesla's, I have no need for CarPlay. Having to buy from a dealership and spend a few hours there, having to pay monthly for software features like maps/remote start/phone key, and having to deal with ICE stuff ended up being far bigger issues.
- eli 10d ago
  I can believe a lot of people said that. But I'm not sure that means it's a true prediction of consumer behavior.
FrustratedMonky 10d ago
Joe Blow doesn't want to have to 'retrofit', they want to plug in and go.
dkarl 10d ago
Buying a car is scary enough for most people, figuring out how to trust some unaffiliated rando to do work on the most expensive or second most expensive thing they own is truly intimidating.
nradov 10d ago
It's practically impossible to retrofit CarPlay into most newer vehicles where the infotainment system is tightly integrated with the rest of the vehicle.
- StilesCrisis 10d ago
  It's a $200 kit: https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm

izacus 10d ago

79% of car buyers explicitly said they won't buy a car without carplay: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-trojan-horse-into-the-automotive-industry.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/apple-carplay-could-be-a-tro... So the numbers check out and there's no need for you to find the blame elsewhere.

drawnwren 10d ago
I would not buy a car without carplay, I would also not pay $20k to have carplay if that were my only option.
- izacus 10d ago
  It's not the consumers only option though.
judge2020 10d ago
Doesn't excuse the article from making such a comparison without mentioning price. Ask that 79% of car buyers if they would forego carplay for a $10-20k discount.
lotsofpulp 10d ago
I went car shopping with CarPlay as a must have, and I ended up foregoing that requirement as soon as I drove a Tesla. If the software is as good as Tesla's, I have no need for CarPlay. Having to buy from a dealership and spend a few hours there, having to pay monthly for software features like maps/remote start/phone key, and having to deal with ICE stuff ended up being far bigger issues.
eli 10d ago
I can believe a lot of people said that. But I'm not sure that means it's a true prediction of consumer behavior.

FrustratedMonky 10d ago

Joe Blow doesn't want to have to 'retrofit', they want to plug in and go.

dkarl 10d ago

Buying a car is scary enough for most people, figuring out how to trust some unaffiliated rando to do work on the most expensive or second most expensive thing they own is truly intimidating.

nradov 10d ago

It's practically impossible to retrofit CarPlay into most newer vehicles where the infotainment system is tightly integrated with the rest of the vehicle.

StilesCrisis 10d ago
It's a $200 kit: https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm https://evplay.io/shop/ev-play-lite-gm