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0 pointsUnklejoe10y ago0 comments

You can always hard wire it and hide it behind the dash board.

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monknomo10y ago· 3 in thread

So now instead of just plugging something into the car radio, we ought to solder (!) in a bodge to listen to phone music. Doesn't that strike you as over engineering a solved problem?

mikeash10y ago

That depends on how badly you want Bluetooth and how comfortable you are doing this sort of work. Nobody is saying you have to do it, just that you can if you want to.

monknomo10y ago

I think the question is not how much you want bluetooth, but how much you want to play songs on your phone over your car stereo.

In the current world you can often plug your phone into your car by a 3.5mm jack and play music. In the brave new world, you can plug a bluetooth dongle into your car's cigarette lighter and 3.5mm jack, pair your phone and then listen to music. If needed, you have the "option" of hiding this awful mess under the dashboard and hard wiring it.

It sounds worse than cassette adapters to me, but I am not a phone manufacturer, so I can't do much more than bitch on the internet :)

mikeash10y ago

It's presented as an option for people who want it. I can't comprehend why you'd waste any time complaining about a possibility.

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monknomo10y ago· 3 in thread

So now instead of just plugging something into the car radio, we ought to solder (!) in a bodge to listen to phone music. Doesn't that strike you as over engineering a solved problem?

mikeash10y ago

That depends on how badly you want Bluetooth and how comfortable you are doing this sort of work. Nobody is saying you have to do it, just that you can if you want to.

monknomo10y ago

I think the question is not how much you want bluetooth, but how much you want to play songs on your phone over your car stereo.

In the current world you can often plug your phone into your car by a 3.5mm jack and play music. In the brave new world, you can plug a bluetooth dongle into your car's cigarette lighter and 3.5mm jack, pair your phone and then listen to music. If needed, you have the "option" of hiding this awful mess under the dashboard and hard wiring it.

It sounds worse than cassette adapters to me, but I am not a phone manufacturer, so I can't do much more than bitch on the internet :)

mikeash10y ago

It's presented as an option for people who want it. I can't comprehend why you'd waste any time complaining about a possibility.

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