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I think it’s fair to say this forum has plenty to offer to those who want constant doomscrolling negativity. I’m delighted to see another good news thread. If you don’t have anything positive to contribute here, that’s fine. But let’s keep this thread on topic by not saying anything in that...

Oh man, the Polish jokes write themselves on that one. (Before you comment, take a look at my last name. I get to poke fun at my own people.) What a weird stat.

Very similar to what I would say about my touring, which is just a little over three years old as well.

Gotta say, I'm usually not a red guy, but that's looking pretty smokin'.

This was in response to me saying I used a third-party podcast player along with different music and audio apps. You didn’t bother asking which podcast app or which music app. You just insisted your car did “exactly” the same thing. So I pointed out several other things. And you blew them...

So now I have to use certain apps in order to have them work in my car? I’ve already chosen my preferred apps on my phone. And I already have access to them in my car. I’m just not interested in disrupting my computer ecosystem in order to cater to decisions my car manufacturer made. I’d much...

Nothing ridiculous about something that comes up quite often for me. I research places I may want to eat on my phone all the time. And they sit in my recents list when I want to recall them later. All of this prior research is invisible to your car. Your assertion is that your car can do...

Next: you have two cars. Even of the same brand. Setting up your preferences only once, make each car have the exact app button layout on both cars. Bonus for two different brands. Bonus for a rental car you just rented in a foreign city. Go.

Next challenge. I have a focus mode on my phone that mutes all notifications from anyone except my immediate family. I have a Shortcut that automatically turns that mode on as soon as I connect to CarPlay. Replicate that without CarPlay, so I stop getting social media and spam email...

Next challenge: there’s a restaurant you were looking into on your phone yesterday. You can’t remember the name, but you looked it up in your maps app of choice to see where it was. Navigate to that restaurant without touching your phone. Go.

So, explain to me how you play a podcast from the app Castro from the exact point where you left off on your phone before you entered the car. And then switched over to the album you were half way through yesterday in a music app. And then when that finishes, continuing to the audiobook you were...

Again, you are missing my point. It’s not about having nice apps. I have all my content set up on my phone already. Duplicating that in my car is a waste of time and a duplication of setup I don’t need. And I lose all continuity. And that’s only going to get worse as personal assistants on...

When I get into the car, my phone goes on the charger and the center console is closed. I have no need to touch my phone again until I leave the car. Zero distraction. This is not achievable without CarPlay / Android Auto.

Even with a Bluetooth connection and the ability to play - pause with a steering wheel control, you’re limited to Bluetooth quality audio. And when I’m driving along and I want to switch from a podcast to some music, I can’t do that without opening the phone. It’s a crap alternative to what I...

No it doesn’t. There’s no way it will resume the podcast or music I was just playing exactly where I just left off on my phone.

Interesting perspective, and I mostly agree. Here’s the thing: When I’m walking to my car, listening with headphones to a podcast with my third-party podcast app, and I take out my headphones and sit in my Air, my podcast continues exactly where I left off. The meeting I am driving to is...

When I got my model 3, the Paak was way worse than Lucid’s implementation is now. But Tesla did improve it significantly. Lucid can still make it better, but I haven’t carried a fob for several months and I rarely have issues with my phone as a key. Gravity will get true UWB support, which...

Uber is gong to partner with everyone. And win. Even Xoox here in SF has already announced an Uber partnership.

The camera recording thing I remember them saying they could do on Air, but at a cost to battery that may be higher than folks expect. Even on my Tesla when I had it, I found sentry mode ate too much battery to protect me when I needed it most. Like when I parked at the airport for a week. I’d...

This is a great question. And the answer no one will like? It depends. There's certainly a lot of risk implementing this. There's the obvious risk of bugs. Then there's the risk owners will be so unfamiliar with it that they just decide to hate it straight out of the box. Gravity owners who...