Spotify Car Thing is, as announced, dead as the company has fully disabled all remaining units, but there are ways to save it.

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    3 months ago

    They should be required to recall them for a full refund, or provide an open source meat to install your own OS.

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      3 months ago

      After protest months ago they did open source it, and there’s a thriving community actively building open source apps and ways to connect to it. It’s all on git hub.

      It’s why they’re listing over $100 on eBay right now

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        3 months ago

        That’s great news. This needs to happen with all abandoned electronics.

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    3 months ago

    I knew that thing would fail the second I saw it. In an age where everyone has a smart phone it serves absolutely no purpose.