• kieron115@startrek.website
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    12 hours ago

    How long until they start putting some kind of DRM in cars that prevents you from just installing an aftermarket android auto head unit?

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      12 hours ago

      They’ve been trying that for a while. They do it by routing critical cat functions through the radio that don’t need to go through there.

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        11 hours ago

        Daaaamn. The closest thing I could think of was my friends’ 96 (98? Whenever the EK body started) Honda civic that had the factory alarm and remote locks in the radio. He ended up splicing some wires and shoving the factory radio into his glove box or something to get around it.