Toyota did it lazily in my '21 Rav4, just pull the fuse for the modem and it doesn’t care. Just don’t let a dealer plug into the system in case that data can still be downloaded physically
I think, you better can buy cars without will that fancy shit and add features by aftermarket devices than doing it any using all that closed eco system crap from the manufacturer.
A $15 amazon bluetooth to radio device (that has a usb c fast charging port in it) has been all I need to move from old car to old car and have what I want in a car. Honestly most of what is in those systems is not worth the hassle of dealing with the touch screen.
I refuse to tie my (new to me) car to the internet or my phone, so I use the aux jack, CD player, and have a garmin perched on the dash, despite the fucking car having 5 screens.
I care. But they make it really hard to remove or disable that shit.
Toyota did it lazily in my '21 Rav4, just pull the fuse for the modem and it doesn’t care. Just don’t let a dealer plug into the system in case that data can still be downloaded physically
I think, you better can buy cars without will that fancy shit and add features by aftermarket devices than doing it any using all that closed eco system crap from the manufacturer.
A $15 amazon bluetooth to radio device (that has a usb c fast charging port in it) has been all I need to move from old car to old car and have what I want in a car. Honestly most of what is in those systems is not worth the hassle of dealing with the touch screen.
I refuse to tie my (new to me) car to the internet or my phone, so I use the aux jack, CD player, and have a garmin perched on the dash, despite the fucking car having 5 screens.