• Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      the monkey’s paw curls

      There will now be constant popups for you to upgrade and regular “free trials” that shift around the ui so you use it accidentally, and then go back to normal a week later.

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    1 month ago

    Great! another feature I have zero interest in will be shoved down my throat!

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They couldn’t possibly make it any more garbage than it actually is.

    In the middle of an audio book in any media player but you connect to your car? Too bad! Android Auto is its own separate little world and your playlist position is different in the car vs. out of it.

    Someone sent you a text but ye gods forbid, they sent it before you started driving your car? Too bad! You can’t see past text messages, just the ones that were sent while you were driving. I guess if somebody texted you an address in advance you’ll have to fish your phone out of your pocket.

    Somebody’s calling you who is already in your address book. Too bad! We’ll only show the phone number on the screen and not their contact name.

    Etc., etc.

    Android Auto is basically useless. My car stereo supports both, so I just screen mirror if I actually care about functionality. I only use Android Auto itself when all I want is a map.

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    2 months ago

    Could they just try to make it so it actually works rather than telling me my wife doesn’t exist in my contacts list when I ask it to call her?

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      1 month ago

      That’s just Gemini trying to break you out of the Matrix. You don’t have a wife. There’s no contact list. Wake up then_three_more!

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          2 months ago

          So replace it with nothing. Down grade my experience. That’s your solution?

          Use the radio which is full of ads and don’t use Google maps on my dashboard?

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            2 months ago

            How is it a downgrade to disable a torrent of shit you don’t want?

            Drop some small change on a mobile-data-enabled tablet if you want Google Maps. Even better, use one of the many GPS apps based on Open Streetmap, or even Here We Go. Some of those have an excellent disconnected (from mobile data, not GPS) operating mode and route-finding that’s no worse than Google’s.

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              How is it a torrent of shit that I don’t want exactly?

              It gives all I need, music, maps, Google assistant. In no way it’s out an issue.

              You’re just a malcontent looking for issues, with a chip on his shoulder.

              I might try some other software, but android auto is dependable and pretty good.

              What the hell are you talking about?

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            2 months ago

            People have been navigating with physical maps a lot longer than smart phones.

            Or use Open Street Map