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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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Lol kinda related, but Uconnect sent me an email a few months ago about the GPS maps in my car (11 years old at this point) being way out of date...they wanted $300 (or something like that) for a flash drive with the map update.
Lmao, like it wasn't 2024 and Google Maps on my phone does a far better job than their proprietary crap they want 300$/update for
My 2014 Ford Flex was the same way, except that they didn't contact me.
The car with which I replaced the Flex doesn't have onboard navigation, instead relying on Android Auto. I was pleased about this, thinking at least it wouldn't track where I was going ... Until I opened the app and saw it could still report its location independently. At that point it seems like there might as well at least be an option for onboard navigation.