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Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 263 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Idk who needs to hear it, but stop buying this shit. If it has a computer inside, but you can't flash your own software onto it, just pass. If you're unsure, look around, find the nearest Linux user and ask for help.

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  • [–] 117 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You won't even have to ask if they use Linux, they'll tell you.

    Nobara btw.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Arch users, assemble!

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And my Arch!

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And my... hang on, I just need to apply this tweak from the wiki...

    And my axe!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I am ashamed to say I'm an ex-Arch user. I really liked Arch, but if you go long periods without updating it it becomes really painful when you do eventually apply updates. I got tired of finally booting some system I hadn't touched in a year to work on something or other attempting to apply updates to it, and then spending the next 6 hours fixing everything that broke because one of the updates from last week applied before one from 10 months ago that it depended on, or some config file I touched once 3 years ago changed and needs manual fixing now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah I was a Gentoo user a long time ago so when I finally installed Arch I had a little mental note in the back of my head to update every week unless I wanted to sort out things I shouldn't have to sort out.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hey, not all of us Debian users are lesbians.

    It would be more accurate to call us lovers of lesbians.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Got any tips or tidbits for Nobara? I'm heavily considering installing it onto my new PC when I build it in a week. I'm a noob at Linux but it seemed perfect for everything I'm looking to do on my PC.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    To be fair, next to no one bought this. And the people that payed $90 for this are probably not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

    This is basically a dumb android device with one app - an auto friendly version of Spotify. To use it, you need to pair it to your phone via Bluetooth. So, yeah, it assumes you have a phone in your car with Spotify on it.

    Also it costs about as much as a cheap externally mounted CarPlay or Android auto screen. So, yeah. Not great.

    If you want to put auto friendly app UIs in an older car, go get a cheap CarPlay or AA display. Those are platforms that have been around for a decade, and Apple & Google have long partnership agreements with automakers that are likely to ensure those platforms will be supported for years to come. Hell, Apple is still supporting ancient iPod connection protocols 20+ years later.

    This thing was the Rabbit R1, but for a music streaming app.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the people that payed $90 for this are probably not the sharpest knives in the drawer

    maybe, but even stupid people should be protected from being taken advantage of.
    They should at least get a refund of 50% of the purchase price.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nope, I'm fed up with stupid people getting rewarded for their stupidity. I knew that PPI was a scam years ago and I payed higher interest rates because of refusing to sign up to it. Years later all the stupids got their money back. So fuck 'em, fuck them all. Also the stupids keep voting for Nazis Yes I'm pissed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Proton Pump Inhibitors?

    Producer Price Index?

    Plastic Pipe Institute?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Honestly this thing solved a very specific problem for me: My car has no good way to mount a phone for car usage so I've always kept it in the center console. Car Thing just put a remote on my dash for that with buttons for presets and easy song skipping.

    I only got it for $10 though, and that was two years ago. It has convinced me to get a new head unit with Android Auto support on it for sure

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    A few months ago my wife wanted to buy an electronic picture frame and I had a hard time explaining this to her.

    Edit: an internet connected picture frame.

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