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> Jeep doesn’t allow me to install my own apps on Uconnect. I guess they are a monopoly.

Why wouldn't they be? Does someone else compete with them for distributing apps on Uconnect? Can you install Ford Sync apps on your Jeep?

Can I install android apps on my iPhone? Automakers like BMW have cut out people like Dinan when they locked down their firmware and refused to work with them.

Alpine and Pioneer probably make replacements for Uconnect (iPhone) but it is not even close to the integration I get with my Jeep and Uconnect.

Apple has the majority of the US market and elite market around the world.

Boy GM is really raking it in from UConnect. Everyone's complaining about their monopolistic practices.

Last checking GM's share price it was barely a composition of their revenue.

Does their profit or lack of it change the point? Does it only matter if someone is making money?