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That sounds perfect. How could a car system be better than just be a screen and interface for the functionality your phone provides? It's literally the dream.

If it's a particularly cheap car I wouldn't even mind if it doesn't have a screen or interface, and just supplies an API to the phone and a holder for it.

Either way would be a million times better than any car made between 2005 and 2015 has to offer.

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> How could a car system be better than just be a screen and interface for the functionality your phone provides? It's literally the dream.

This is how Apple Carplay works. It just streams the phone to the display, and accepts input from the car's buttons. I think Android Auto does the same.

The caveat being that it requires the use of their app to run the system. Using an app is exactly the thing that gives them access to so much personal data.

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