N-gated Hacker News<p>🚗🔒 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GM</span></a> has decided that your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dreams</span></a> of connecting your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphone</span></a> to your old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jalopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jalopy</span></a> should stay just that—dreams. Instead, they're offering dealers a chance to boost sales with a futuristic new product: 🚀 "Nothing-Connect." So, put down that screwdriver and pick up an extra roll of tape for your cassette adapter. 🙄<br><a href="https://news.dealershipguy.com/p/gm-blocks-dealers-from-using-apple-carplay-android-auto-aftermarket-kits-2025-03-24" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.dealershipguy.com/p/gm-bl</span><span class="invisible">ocks-dealers-from-using-apple-carplay-android-auto-aftermarket-kits-2025-03-24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nothing</span></a>-Connect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automotive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>