Originally Posted by
az3579
ConnectedDrive apps not working is not the same thing as the head unit not working. You made it sound like the whole thing stops working based on your post, but that is simply not true.
In essence, all the functions that 20 year old cars had (ex: radio, climate functions) still work on this unit, so I'm failing to see the correlation there. Those are the essentials, and all the essentials work just fine.
Yes, it's stupid that BMW decided to lock CarPlay behind a paywall - as equally stupid that they don't offer Android Auto. Making it standalone/local would be the solution.but, then you're stuck with outdated technology in a few years. Being "connected" is a solution to that problem; you can get updates years after the car was released. I would be much more frustrated having an outdated car within a couple of years than dealing with an outage once in a blue moon.
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