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I use my Honda's infotainment system to set defaults for various car systems and for CarPlay. That's basically it. Doesn't even have a particularly large screen but it's fine for what I need it for. Climate controls etc. are all buttons.

> Am I an outlier by just wanting the dumbest possible system for my phone to connect to and run CarPlay on?

That's one thing I like with my Up!. The infotainment system is a simple phone holder with USB to power it.

We are almost definitely outliers, but the good thing is that there are probably enough of us to be a worthwhile market for people to sell us these kinds of vehicles.

I don't think we'll ever be forced into buying these ridiculous computers with cars attached.

My current manufacturer of choice is Honda, but I'm sure they'll end up adding this cruft at some point to their future cars, too.

At least the Passport seems a pretty good balance even if there are still more "do you really need to have an electronic control for that?" things than I'd probably like in an ideal world.