It may not seem to be related to radio, but a recent announcement by General Motors that all future automobiles sold by the company — beginning with any redesigned vehicles as soon as 2028 — will not include CarPlay or Android Auto interfaces does not bode well for radio itself. Or General Motors, in my opinion.

The plan, according to GM CEO Mary Barra, is to use an in-house system that is more unified, less “clunky.” It will apparently rely on subscriptions for all the various apps, which could also allow data mining that can be sold through Google, as the system’s backbone will be provided by Google AI.

The problem, however, is that radio is not a subscription service, at least not yet. There are many, including InsideMusicMedia.Com’s Jerry Del Colliano, who say that while GM is curr

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