By accepting no phone mirroring functionality, you’re forfeiting your escape hatch… if the built-in infotainment suddenly becomes awful after a software update or the manufacturer chooses to stop supporting it and it becomes useless due to lack of updates, you’re just stuck.
All the while, the guy still driving his beat up 2016 Mazda CX-5 still gets a screen with maps in his dash because his infotainment system can still mirror his phone, even if the rest of the system has become obsolete.
By accepting no phone mirroring functionality, you’re forfeiting your escape hatch… if the built-in infotainment suddenly becomes awful after a software update or the manufacturer chooses to stop supporting it and it becomes useless due to lack of updates, you’re just stuck.
All the while, the guy still driving his beat up 2016 Mazda CX-5 still gets a screen with maps in his dash because his infotainment system can still mirror his phone, even if the rest of the system has become obsolete.