BMW capitulates on $80/year CarPlay

[matthew1]

https://www.carplayworld.com/bmw-nerve- ... r-carplay/

That’s my other site. One of them. Full disclosure.

Check out the link within that story for how absurd their policy was.

[93Regina]

....how absurd their policy was.

Well, buy a Porsche Taycan...."Not only will the Porsche Taycan be the first all-electric car from the German manufacturer, it will be the first car to feature a built-in Apple Music app. That means you’ll be able to access the music streaming service’s library of songs, curated playlists, and Beats 1 radio station, without the need to connect a smartphone. Porsche says it plans to offer three years of complimentary in-car data to customers, and will also provide up to six months of Apple Music free to new and existing Porsche owners.
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We still don’t know whether Porsche plans to add Android Auto to its vehicles. Although there was a rumor that the car company was planning to offer it soon, Porsche’s CEO told TechCrunch that over 80 percent of its car’s owners own an iPhone in the US, suggesting that Android support might not be much of a priority. There were also reports back in 2015 that Porsche was unhappy with the amount of data that Google collects via Android Auto. Google has since denied collecting the amount of data that the report suggested. "

[matthew1]

BMW: Where you could spend $124k and not get CarPlay. Past tense now.

(True story. I optioned up an X6M to $124k, and left CarPlay option unchecked.)