As an iPhone owner I’m used to a certain way of doing messaging. It’s not that different or hard vs an Android phone. But you get into your Chevy, hook up to bluetooth, and suddenly the truck seems to not know what a text is.

My wife texts me almost every time I’m in the truck. I get notifications for about half of them. When trying to read them, I’m told I need to sign into/up for Google Assistant or some garbage like that. So, to message on my phone, one of the most common hands-free things to do in a vehicle, I need to introduce myself into some other ecosystem that I’ve tried to stay out of for a reason (privacy.)

GM’s claim that using their system 100% of the time is safer, even though they have no evidence of it, is dubious at best since this behavior is actively encouraging me to pick up my phone and look at it. This infotainment system is actively making my driving less safe.

As I have in almost every post so far, and probably most posts into the future, I’ll mention that GM wants you to use their infotainment system because they want to gather your personal info and sell it to Google. GM has stated as much, in that they project hitting $25 billion in revenue by 2030 through software subscriptions and other ‘enablements’ through their infotainment system (reaping and selling your data.)

Stop it, GM. We see through you.