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Spotify Already Broke the Car Thing... By Accident
What This Video Covers
- What happened when Spotify's Car Thing suddenly lost important home screen functionality.
- How much of the device still worked while that core feature was broken.
- Why a cloud-connected gadget can become unreliable even when the hardware itself is fine.
- What this accidental break may tell us about Car Thing's long-term future.
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*BIG NOTE* At the time of filming, the home screen was broken. But it seems Spotify noticed the problem and corrected the issue. However, this still gives us a good look at how the Car Thing works and how Spotify will probably break it, so we're leaving the video up for that information.
Spotify just can't seem to show the Car Thing any love. After discontinuing the device, then announcing plans to brick all Car Things... the company how now prematurely broken core functionality. Seemingly by accident?
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