Comment on Kia drops the ball again on their vehicles
blattrules@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I feel like a lot of these complaints are true of all car makers nowadays; some of these are complaints about safety requirements that they all need to implement and others are about general trends that they’re all following. The iPod thing sucks, but it’s old technology at this point and you’ll need to make sure that it’s compatible with things going forward - the manufacturers don’t have to support these things that are over ten years old.
Nyxias@fedia.io 1 day ago
Point is, nobody should feel they have to subscribe to shit like Spotify, SiriusXM or anything just to get music. Taking away the ability to plug in whatever you use for media is just that push to make people spend more money.
And if we want to talk about compatibility, why the hell do they still think people use USB sticks to put MP3s on today? That's a feature in my vehicle, in 2025. Yet something like the IPod? Nah "too old".
blattrules@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I agree that you shouldn’t be forced into a subscription, but you can still put music on your phone, no? Also, why not just put them on a usb stick if it works? At this point, they’re cheaper than buying an old iPod.
Nyxias@fedia.io 20 hours ago
My phone is not meant to be an everything-device. I've learned my lesson a long time ago when I once had an all-in-one copier/printer/scanner. When one functionality broke, so did the rest of it. If my phone was gone and I put everything on to it, well what did I just lose? Everything.
The USB stick idea did indeed work, but it felt so backwards doing so.
blattrules@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Unfortunately, there’s probably a decent amount of overhead for them to get their infotainment systems to be compatible with all the edge cases, so they make them compatible with the products that most people use. You would think that the iPhone and the iPod would be similar with regard to how music is accessed on them though.