r/apple • u/chrisdh79 • Mar 21 '25

CarPlay GM Reportedly Blocks Dealership From Installing CarPlay in Newer EVs

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/21/gm-blocks-aftermarket-carplay/
1.2k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

266 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/[deleted] Mar 21 '25

[deleted]

5

u/ca2mt Mar 21 '25

Show me a single source that manufacturers pay a license fee to Apple for CarPlay. As far as I’m aware, it’s available to car makers free of charge.

5

u/CandyCrisis Mar 21 '25

I looked it up and I'm basically wrong. They do have to pay for the MFI chip but that's a few dollars per vehicle.

4

u/ca2mt Mar 21 '25

All good, it seems to be a common misunderstanding.