Recent content by JM.

You are a bad consumer. Do you hate America? LOL. I play mostly podcasts from a third party (CarPlay integrated) app that is ultra private, even more than I'd like as it limits my own visibility into my usage. And Apple Music which is ad free and also privatized to my own account as much as...

Right, there's a lot coming from the vehicle itself. I'm not sure what the carmakers want to know exactly, but it seems to be things like your actual searches. Because they want to sell ads and consumer data, and tell you where to go. You search for "hardware" and get told where to go instead...

I can only answer this for Apple, which is quite privacy-focused. With Android, you are the product, and have little privacy. Apple does not allow the carmakers to collect your data except for limited things and only after you say so. It will ask.

Sorry, I didn't realize you'd been made an admin and determiner of what is acceptable discussion here. Also, did you know that you can ignore discussions you object to and that obviously make you upset? Back on topic; I just tried the CP in a brand new Honda and it's absolutely terrible. It...

Please quote the moaning and I'll do my best to correct it so that it's obvious I'm making simple statements of fact and not "moaning."

I have added CarPlay to my Rivian.

I've had this battle with other brands before. I agree that added costs precipitated by a failure need to be covered under the warranty. They have disagreed with me.

Yes, they are showing what a complete failure it is so far. Doesn't work for me, and others on this and other forums. Fail. While I'm a very heavy AI agent user, it doesn't address the many things that CarPlay does. As just one of dozens of examples, some given above, my company phone...

Then you guys are doing even better!

What you're missing is that the Rivian fanatics have already told you that you don't need what Rivian doesn't give you. All drivers are the same, and they are the arbiters of what you "need." Listening to podcasts and books across platforms in your daily life is not necessary.

In the US, the OEM warranty terms apply to all owners unless specifically stated otherwise, and that has limitations.

I'm amused by all this effort to make it possible to charge a phone in the worst, most inconvenient location possible instead of just using a common generic dash mount.

My partner and I together hold $1.6M in RIVN. You?

LOL. Everyone in the many threads about infotainment problems is a non-owner. Gotcha. The videos showing all the problems are...AI? Or...someone who has actually driven a Rivian would never defend the infotainment system.

Because you can solve and work around this problem. You cannot unfuck the Cybertruck, or make the stupid Lightning have less idiotic buttons and old-think design. There's no EV truck that's perfect, the Rivian is closest. The well documented problems with the infotainment can be mostly fixed...