This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Even Google products have a longer lifespan π
I've since moved on to Tidal. Bought it at $30 when root mods started to be developed, but never really went anywhere.
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They should at least release data sheets and any bootloader signing keys, allowing people to reuse the devices for other purposes. If you could replace the firmware, Iβm sure you could use it for controlling your home automation setup or displaying the weather/news/train times/other info (or possibly other tasks depending on whatβs in the SoC). Now, alas, itβs just e-waste.
Datasheets are copyrighted by the silicon manufacturer, not the product manufacturer, and usually covered by an NDA. Spotify probably couldn't release them even if they wanted to.
That doesn't help make money. The engineers are needed elsewhere.
I bought this for my old Cadillac that only had a tape deck and it was amazing (with a Bluetooth cassette). I haven't used it since I got rid of that old Cadillac about two years ago now. Pretty limited use case but it still sucks to kill shit for no reason.
I didn't know Bluetooth cassettes were a thing, although if I think about it then of course they are. What's the sound quality like?
The sound is honestly not bad, better and less hassle than an FM transmitter. There are 3.5 mm ones too that work pretty well but I had a few of them and they fail where the cable meets the cassette. I passed it on to a friend with a whole house cassette system when I got my new Cadillac
These fuckers disabled car mode in the android app to make you buy one of those and now they're killing it. I used car mode in my car and the moment it stopped working was when I cancelled my subscription.
When did they kill car mode on the app? I've been subscribed for years even before the Car Thing and I always have car mode on even outside of my car.
Mine doesn't have Car mode anymore, it stopped working a couple of weeks ago.
There's a setting to disable it, it always annoyed me so I disabled it auto going to car mode when it connected to Bluetooth
I liked using mine at my desk at work. Phone in pocket, connected to headphones. Car thing on desk, controlling music
