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Yep. Subscriptions and incentives.

Every car I have purchased has satellite radio factory installed. And each time SiriusXM will not shut up about trying to get me to sign up. Over and over. It takes years before they give up.

I don’t want it. So why is it in the car? Because they pay Ford and Honda and everyone else to put it there.

Why did they both have Spotify? And iHeartRadio? Who even uses that? All sorts of other things. There’s a kickback for every one.

But unlike satellite none of them work without a cell connection. And they won’t use your phone. You have to pay the car maker for their overpriced connectivity. That’s what they want you to do.

Money money everywhere. But if I use CarPlay or android auto guess who doesn’t get a cut.

“People will think our software is bad.” It is, that’s why I want CarPlay.

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They want my money. After the car payment I don't have money leftover for another subscription. Use my phone subscription, that is what I'm paying for for.
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That’s one of the things that’s always seemed odd to me. I’m more likely to use some service on the car that you get a kick back for and can spy on if I can use my cell phone data plan.

If you try to put a gate in front of it of a $25/mo car data plan, forget it.

It’s 4G? Wow. My phone is only 5G. It’s a hotspot? So is my phone. And I’m the only one here anyway. I get updates to your maps? I don’t like your maps.

It’s like they’re trying to sell flavoring to make dirty water taste better, without ever stopping to think most people don’t like dirty water.

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And your data. Auto makers love selling user data.
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TBF for a lot of stuff they could probably just monitor the audio system to fingerprint things the way TVs do these days and sell that data even if you use android auto or CarPlay.

But they certainly get a lot more if you use their maps and entertainment apps.

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