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Originally Posted by pz619
Apple doesn't charge a licensing fee for carplay. BMW pays nothing other than the hardware to support the software. So no chance there is $80 worth of improvements per year that are being passed along. Apple also doesn't allow manufacturers to modify it's software so there really isn't any cost for BMW. It's simply a cash grab.
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CarPlay is part of the phone OS. Every Apple phone has it whether you use it or not. BMW is charging for their costs to integrate it into iDrive which is fine as an initial cost added to the retail price of the car but I fail to see how they can justify charging annually for something that came installed in the car on day one and is never upgraded or patched by BMW because any changes or patches after you purchase the car are done by Apple for free such as the refresh coming this fall;
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18...sign-wwdc-2019