Remember, if your goal is to avoid surveillance then you shouldn't use android auto or apple CarPlay either.

https://gizmodo.com/doj-is-asking-apple-and-google-to-hand-over-data-on-100000-users-of-a-car-app-2000758890

My 24yr old truck has no idea what even a CD is and I like it like that. I think for sure there will be a market for dumb cars at some point similar to the way dumb tvs are making a (very small) comeback. I honestly don’t see the reason the car needs any of that when I can slap my phone up on the dash and it can handle all the navigation and music etc.

This is will become the standard job for mechanics. Eat my boot 2027 american bill mandating surveillance into cars.

Keep the modem and GPS running ... just install it with a lithium battery or wire it directly to a vehicle battery system and place the unit on a school bus or local city transit bus

Or someone could start a small business offering to do this for people ... the business would be to just rent out space on a moving van or transport truck and just fill it with GPS and modem units that have been removed from cars ... for a nominal fee ($1 a week for example), you keep all these units powered and just have the truck driven around everywhere working as a regular delivery vehicle.

I would like to do this to my car, I'll save this and see if others have done it for mine.

The part about the car using your Bluetooth to utilize your phone's signal to dump all its data is annoying. I can see in the near future they will just wire these components so they can't be disabled, or by disabling them you void your warranty.

Without legislation we are at the mercy of corporations.