Legacy auto gave up their UI to Google and Apple, they gave up a lot of value. Top tier new auto EV companies are going their own way, Tesla and Rivian have very high quality UIs. Tesla does a little better, rivian is catching up.
I disagree about worse service. I really love the ui on tesla and rivian. When I've had rental cars with carplay or aa it's been fine. The latter two mobile apps have also added more 3rd party streaming services. Tesla & rivian had added things too.
Every time Tesla updates their UI there's no end of complaints about random changes or how oft-used functionality is now moved to obscure menus behind small tap targets.
I'll say that CarPlay would be nice but Tesla maps are very polished and some of the gestures and interactions I have are a lot nicer than when I am forced to use CarPlay.
Maybe it's just the cars I have used it in, but no pinch and zoom for maps in CarPlay. Seriously???
The Tesla routing quality seems to have regressed quite badly lately, to the point that, if the route is at all interesting, I’ll get directions from a different provider.
Lack of pinch and zoom is bonkers. Also it doesn't connect reliably and you can't use Maps on your phone while simultaneously being used for navigation.
Overall, asides from Siri, CarPlay is behind Tesla.
