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How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas (sherwood.news)
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[–] 51 points 2 years ago (57 children)

It's sad that you can't replace the infotainment unit in a new car with an aftermarket unit anymore. I imagine 10 years from now we'll have a fleet of cars with outdated infotainment systems that can't connect with whatever future version of bluetooth/carplay/android auto anymore. Imagine driving cars with giant but useless infotainment screens that can't do anything but playing mp3 off a USB stick because its outdated system can't connect to your new phone.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    can’t do anything but playing mp3 off a USB stick

    i'd rather that then spyware

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    As long as it can play tapes, I'm okay. Still using a tape adapter to connect my mp3 player :)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Haven't seen a new car that can play tapes in nearly 20 years. Got bad news, boss.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't have to imagine, because I refuse to buy such type of car.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I liked my recently departed 2012 chrysler infotainment system quite a bit. The sirius/xm radio kept 50 favorite artist and 50 favorite song alerts, had 300gb of storage for mp3s and the DVD system with headphones for the kiddos while we could listen to something else. No newer car I've driven, borrowed, or owned had the favorite alerts, and I'm going to miss the hell out of that feature.

    Oh, it did have an aux jack and USB input as well. It was the cat's ass. For a grocery-go-getter, it rocked

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, it was almost a rite of passage in my teen years - getting a decade-old used car and immediately replacing the crap factory system with some overmarketed, overpriced, but really cool kit. Of course nowadays the factory systems are better sounding at least, but you're spot on regarding the out dating of software and protocols.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yup, sadly you just have to replace the entire car. You certainly can't attach an entirely new system with speakers and everything to any surface inside the car, just impossible.

    I do agree that it's not good, but it's also going to be far less of an issue than you think.

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