#car-thing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #car-thing, aggregated by home.social.
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Currently flashing my Spotify Car Thing with DeskThing. I’m sad that Spotify killed these off, but am excited to play around with hacking it a bit!
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Currently flashing my Spotify Car Thing with DeskThing. I’m sad that Spotify killed these off, but am excited to play around with hacking it a bit!
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Le Car Thing de Spotify s’est transformé en presse-papier, comme prévu http://dlvr.it/TGhgmh #Spotify #CarThing
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Le Car Thing de Spotify s’est transformé en presse-papier, comme prévu http://dlvr.it/TGhgmh #Spotify #CarThing
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Lilbits: New software can breathe new life into discontinued hardware
Google announced two years ago that it was killing its short-lived Stadia game streaming service. and while the company was refunding customers who’d purchased games and hardware, folks who’d purchased the Stadia Controller weren’t thrilled that Google’s original plans would have led to the device becoming useless once the servers shut down.
Fortunately Google later released a tool that would let users convert the Stadia Controller into a Bluetooth game controller that could be used with other devices. And while the tool was only supposed to be around for a year, Google later extended its lifespan… and now the company has quietly done it again. So if you’ve got a Stadia Controller lying around, or find one in a garage sale, you’ve got at least until the end of 2025 to turn it into a Bluetooth controller.
Stadia Controller (Google)Meanwhile Spotify is taking a very different approach with its short-lived Car Thing accessory that was designed as a wireless display and controller for streaming music in an automobile. After announcing earlier this year that it would discontinue all support for the Car Thing, the company has indeed begun to shut down its servers, and users are seeing messages letting them know that their devices will no longer work.
There is an active community of hardware hackers that have found ways to repurpose the CarThing for use as a DeskThing or for other purposes. But there’s no particularly easy way to get it to serve its original purpose… at least not yet.
Stadia Controller Bluetooth mode [@Wario64]
Google has quietly extended the deadline for turning the discontinued Stadia Controller into a Bluetooth game controller that can be used with a wider range of devices. The utility will now be available until at least Dec 31, 2025.
Car thing is officially dead [/r/CarThing]
Spotify is killing off support for the Car Thing today. It appears to be a phased rollout, but many users are now seeing a message saying their devices are no longer operational. Hackers have found new uses for the hardware… but not in cars, for the most part. via /r/CarThing (reddit) and Thing Lab (Discord)
/u/ballsandbiscuitsWhat’s next for Surface in 2025, including a possible 11-inch mini Surface Laptop? [Windows Central]
Report: Microsoft could launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in 2025 with Intel Lunar Lake chips, as well as a new Surface Laptop Studio (might be Intel or AMD) and maybe a new 11 inch Surface device with Snapdragon X.
The Luckfox Pico WebBee RV1103 looks like a USB flash drive, but it’s a tiny computer with a RV1103 processor with a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and a RISC-V microcontroller, 64MB of DDR2 memory, a128MB of SLC NAND flash storage, and a microSD card reader and 10/100 Ethernet port. It sells for $14.
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#carthing #google #leaks #lilbits #luckfox #luckfoxPicoWebbeeRv1103 #repurposingHardware #rumors #rv1103 #spotify #spotifycarthing #stadiaController #surfaceLaptop #surfaceLaptopMini #surfacePro
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Spotify is killing off support for the Car Thing today. It appears to be a phased rollout, but many users are now seeing a message saying their devices are no longer operational. Hackers have found new uses for the hardware... but not in cars, for the most part. https://buff.ly/3Vv5Rjm #Spotify #CarThing
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Spotify is killing off support for the Car Thing today. It appears to be a phased rollout, but many users are now seeing a message saying their devices are no longer operational. Hackers have found new uses for the hardware... but not in cars, for the most part. https://buff.ly/3Vv5Rjm #Spotify #CarThing
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Spotify : un jailbreak ressuscite le Car Thing http://dlvr.it/TG8rw0 #Spotify #CarThing
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Spotify : un jailbreak ressuscite le Car Thing http://dlvr.it/TG8rw0 #Spotify #CarThing
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DeskThing turns Spotify’s discontinued Car Thing into a PC controller and display
DeskThing is a free and open source application that breathes new life into Spotify’s discontinued Car Thing accessory by transforming it from a Spotify controller for cars into a desktop device that controls a wide variety of applications running on your PC.
It’s one of a number of tools that have come out of the Car Thing hacking community in the wake of Spotify’s announcement that it will […]
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Recently noticed a friend has one of those doomed #CarThing devices, so this may be of use to other friends (context: #Spotify abruptly decided to discontinue support for these hardware players)
As #WilliamGibson would say. The Street finds its own uses for (car) things.
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Recently noticed a friend has one of those doomed #CarThing devices, so this may be of use to other friends (context: #Spotify abruptly decided to discontinue support for these hardware players)
As #WilliamGibson would say. The Street finds its own uses for (car) things.
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I'm gonna retire the Spotify Car Thing from my dashboard and use it on my desk to check out some projects that repurpose it. It's only got a month and change left of official support, and the sticky tack holding it to my dash keeps failing in the heat. 😆
Might use this mount: https://www.printables.com/model/642194-spotify-car-thing-monitor-mount
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Pretty impressive that #spotify still is the market leader when it comes to music streaming despite not having lossless audio and spatial audio.
Objectively, Apple Music is much better value. Remember, the content is the largely the same regardless of the streaming service you use.
I am currently using Apple Music because I am still mighty pissed with Spotify essentially bricking CarThing
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Pretty impressive that #spotify still is the market leader when it comes to music streaming despite not having lossless audio and spatial audio.
Objectively, Apple Music is much better value. Remember, the content is the largely the same regardless of the streaming service you use.
I am currently using Apple Music because I am still mighty pissed with Spotify essentially bricking CarThing
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Tech Addicts Podcast – Peeking at Pentax
Gareth and Ted are at it again. This week some love for Joplin, TubeSync, Samsung Galaxy S-Pen Pro. There news, Spotify killing Car Thing, Spacetop G1, Pentax WG-8, HealthyPi, Galaxy Ring, One UI 6 updates and a new phone from HTC.
https://garethmyles.com/tech-addicts-podcast-peeking-at-pentax/
#Podcast #TechAddicts #CarThing #GalaxySPenPro #HealthyPi #HTC #Joplin #Linux #microsoft #Pentax #recall #Samsung #SpacetopG1 #Spotify #TubeSync
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Tech Addicts Podcast – Peeking at Pentax
Gareth and Ted are at it again. This week some love for Joplin, TubeSync, Samsung Galaxy S-Pen Pro. There news, Spotify killing Car Thing, Spacetop G1, Pentax WG-8, HealthyPi, Galaxy Ring, One UI 6 updates and a new phone from HTC.
https://garethmyles.com/tech-addicts-podcast-peeking-at-pentax/
#Podcast #TechAddicts #CarThing #GalaxySPenPro #HealthyPi #HTC #Joplin #Linux #microsoft #Pentax #recall #Samsung #SpacetopG1 #Spotify #TubeSync
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Spotify Car Thing hacking community could keep the gadget useful after Spotify ends support
The Spotify Car Thing is a short-lived gadget that Spotify launched and then quickly discontinued in 2022. It’s basically a smartphone accessory for automobiles, giving you a 4 inch display and a dial that lets you interact with Spotify without looking at your phone.
Originally launched for $90, the Car Thing eventually had its price dropped to $50… and then it was discontinued. And last […]
https://liliputing.com/?p=169591
#carThing #carThingHaxCommunity #ewaste #hack #plannedObsolescence #spotify
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Warum #Spotify eine Scheißfirma ist: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ONxtLqGG32Q
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Someone's already digging into the #Spotify #CarThing device and discovered that it's just a screen that runs on #Linux (not #Android 🎉), on #Wayland (this shocked me, but cool). Also it essentially just runs a #Chromium/#Chrome browser, a really old one.
Hardware-wise, it has a 4 core arm64 SOC, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB eMMC storage.
🔗 https://x.com/uwunetes/status/1797736493198590104 -
Someone's already digging into the #Spotify #CarThing device and discovered that it's just a screen that runs on #Linux (not #Android 🎉), on #Wayland (this shocked me, but cool). Also it essentially just runs a #Chromium/#Chrome browser, a really old one.
Hardware-wise, it has a 4 core arm64 SOC, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB eMMC storage.
🔗 https://x.com/uwunetes/status/1797736493198590104 -
Just as the heat from the Car Thing e-waste debacle is cooling off, Spotify is gouging pricing by 10%. Time for me to go back to CD's and selfhosted Jellyfin streaming.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/03/spotify-to-increase-premium-pricing-in-the-us-to-11-99-per-month/
#spotify #carthing #streaming #enshittification #foss #jellyfin #music #usa #selfhost #selfhosting #self-hosting #self-host #server #technology #tech #selfhosted #homeserver
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Spotify Car Thing Discontinued - Refunds Now Available Amid User Backlash: https://www.reviewspace.info/spotify-car-thing-discontinued-refunds-now-available-amid-user-backlash
#Spotify #CarThing #Refund #ClassActionLawsuit #MusicStreaming #CarAudio #TechnologyNews
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Spotify Car Thing Discontinued - Refunds Now Available Amid User Backlash: https://www.reviewspace.info/spotify-car-thing-discontinued-refunds-now-available-amid-user-backlash
#Spotify #CarThing #Refund #ClassActionLawsuit #MusicStreaming #CarAudio #TechnologyNews
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Lilbits: Spotify is refunding Car Thing customers after all, Librem 16 Linux laptop on the way
Last week Spotify announced it would end support for its short-lived Car Thing accessory for streaming music in an automobile… and by end support, I mean the gadgets would just stop working altogether. Part of the problem is Spotify never sold many of these things, but folks who did buy them weren’t too happy, and now Spotify has caved to pressure and […]
https://liliputing.com/?p=169278
#android #apple #appleTvPlus #carThing #handheldGamingPc #hardwareKillSwitch #leaks #librem16 #lilbits #linuxLaptop #psvr2 #psvr2PcAdapter #purism #purismLibrem16 #spotify #videoStreaming #zotacGamingZone #zotacZone
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It's the least they can do after selling people a useless gadget.
Spotify will give you a refund for Car Thing after all amid possible lawsuit
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It's the least they can do after selling people a useless gadget.
Spotify will give you a refund for Car Thing after all amid possible lawsuit
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Spotify reverses course and is now offering refunds to customers who bought a Car Thing, the Spotify in-vehicle gadget the company launched and then quickly discontinued in 2022 and recently announced it would brick later this year. https://buff.ly/4c05qU5 #Spotify #CarThing #brick
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Spotify reverses course and is now offering refunds to customers who bought a Car Thing, the Spotify in-vehicle gadget the company launched and then quickly discontinued in 2022 and recently announced it would brick later this year. https://buff.ly/4c05qU5 #Spotify #CarThing #brick
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Old Spotify Car Thing Hacks Gain New Attention https://hackaday.com/2024/05/30/old-spotify-car-thing-hacks-gain-new-attention/ #obsoletehardware #MusicalHacks #abandonware #CarThing #spotify
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Old Spotify Car Thing Hacks Gain New Attention https://hackaday.com/2024/05/30/old-spotify-car-thing-hacks-gain-new-attention/ #obsoletehardware #MusicalHacks #abandonware #CarThing #spotify
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Old Spotify Car Thing Hacks Gain New Attention - If you haven’t heard by now, Spotify is shutting down support for their “Car Thing... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/30/old-spotify-car-thing-hacks-gain-new-attention/ #obsoletehardware #musicalhacks #abandonware #carthing #spotify
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Old Spotify Car Thing Hacks Gain New Attention - If you haven’t heard by now, Spotify is shutting down support for their “Car Thing... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/30/old-spotify-car-thing-hacks-gain-new-attention/ #obsoletehardware #musicalhacks #abandonware #carthing #spotify
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“Unacceptable”: #Spotify bricking #CarThing devices in Dec. without refunds https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/pleas-for-open-sourcing-refunds-as-spotify-plans-to-brick-car-thing-devices/
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“Unacceptable”: #Spotify bricking #CarThing devices in Dec. without refunds https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/pleas-for-open-sourcing-refunds-as-spotify-plans-to-brick-car-thing-devices/
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Spotify discontinuerà il suo dispositivo Car Thing a dicembre 2024. Nonostante l'iniziale entusiasmo, il prodotto non ha raggiunto il successo sperato. Gli utenti esistenti riceveranno supporto fino alla fine dell'anno. #Spotify #CarThing #Tech 🚗🎶 http://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163383/spotify-car-thing-discontinued-december-2024
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Spotify discontinuerà il suo dispositivo Car Thing a dicembre 2024. Nonostante l'iniziale entusiasmo, il prodotto non ha raggiunto il successo sperato. Gli utenti esistenti riceveranno supporto fino alla fine dell'anno. #Spotify #CarThing #Tech 🚗🎶 http://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163383/spotify-car-thing-discontinued-december-2024
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Allzu viele haben sich #CarThing von #Spotify ohnehin nicht gekauft, doch wer das getan hat, der kann das Gerät bald nur noch entsorgen. https://winfuture.de/news,143021.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
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Allzu viele haben sich #CarThing von #Spotify ohnehin nicht gekauft, doch wer das getan hat, der kann das Gerät bald nur noch entsorgen. https://winfuture.de/news,143021.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
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Lilbits: Spotify’s Car Thing will turn into a brick in December, and the corpse of Atari bought the corpse of Intellivision
Atari and Intellivision were two of the first big names in home video game consoles in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But that was a long time ago, and a series of companies have bought and sold the rights to the Atari and Intellivision brand names and game catalogs in the decades that have passed since then.
All of which makes today’s […]https://liliputing.com/?p=169093
#atari #camm2 #carThing #intellivision #internetOfShit #lilbits #memory #motherboard #msi #msiZ790ProjectZeroPlus #spotify #tuxedoStellarisSlim15
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It was pretty clear Spotify was iffy on its streaming-to-automobiles accessory when the company gave it the bland name of "Car Thing." It launched in Feb 2022 and was discontinued months later. Now Spotify is planning to brick existing units in December, 2024. https://buff.ly/44QP0ex #CarThing #Spotify #InternetOfShit
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extremely cool project for the Spotify #CarThing (aka #Superbird):
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#CarThing di #Spotify: un prodotto giusto e sbagliato allo stesso tempo https://gioxx.org/2023/02/17/car-thing-di-spotify-prodotto-giusto-e-sbagliato-allo-stesso-tempo/
