• @Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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      203 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.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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    243 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.

  • @then_three_more@lemmy.world
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    153 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?

    • @k0e3@lemmy.ca
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      23 months 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!

  • Kualdir
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    3 months ago

    We need an alternative to android auto now😭

  • sunzu2
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    133 months ago

    You are gonna use this AI, boy

    I am doing what’s best for you, trust me

    Sundar the Creep speaking to the normie, circa 2025

  • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    133 months ago

    Smarter eh? My BP already usually up when driving in traffic. You sure this isn’t just going to piss me off more because I feel like this is just going to piss me off more?

    • sunzu2
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      I know people depend on auto implementation a lot and even I have hard time breaking away from Maps. But we are frogs and this water is getting hot.

      Only proper solution is to deny the parasite engagement. We do it now or later. The more we wait, the harder it will be.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    83 months ago

    This is why I didn’t buy a wireless android auto adapter when I bought a different car. I figured Gemini was going to get stuffed down our throats there.