CarPlay BMW plans to charge annual fee for CarPlay

[BarracksSi]

Well, never mind that auto manufacturers only need to pay a one-time fee to Apple to license CarPlay, and most other manufacturers don't charge a fee just to use CarPlay (going all the way down to Hyundai, Chevy, etc), but BMW has decided to switch from their $300 up-front CarPlay fee (already tasteless, IMO) to an $80 annual fee starting with their 2019 models.

Daring Fireball link <-- broken by the forum censoring software; try this instead: http://bit.ly/2DVGPRz
Original story at CNet
Twitter link to clarify BMW's claim about CarPlay licensing versus what Apple actually does

 

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Well, never mind that auto manufacturers only need to pay a one-time fee to Apple to license CarPlay, and most other manufacturers don't charge a fee just to use CarPlay (going all the way down to Hyundai, Chevy, etc), but BMW has decided to switch from their $300 up-front CarPlay fee (already tasteless, IMO) to an $80 annual fee starting with their 2019 models.

Daring Fireball link <-- broken by the forum censoring software; try this instead: http://bit.ly/2DVGPRz
Original story at CNet
Twitter link to clarify BMW's claim about CarPlay licensing versus what Apple actually does

Prior front page article:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...subscription-based-service-next-year.2101458/

 

[OllyW]

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