In other recent GM tech news, the company will stop supporting phone projection in their infotainment (Apple CarPlay, Android Auto). This change seems to have been championed by the person now taking over GM software, Sterling Anderson.
From a recent interview [0]:
> But frankly, it’s a very Jobsian approach to things. The removal of the disk drive, nobody liked that, everybody on the forums and Facebook was complaining about it, but to that he said, “Look, guys, flash storage really is the future. Get on board, you’ll see that.” That’s kind of what we’re saying here, in fact that’s exactly what we’re saying.
[0]: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/803379/gm-ceo-mary-barra-st...
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