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All Spotify Car Things Are About to Become E-Waste

The $90 media player could've been nifty, but will instead be one of those relics tech bloggers mention in hushed tones.

As the owner of two cars not new enough to have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, I would've happily paid $90 for a device that added some of that functionality in, and didn't involve taking apart any dashboards. Per CNET's review of the device, the Car Thing came with zero on-device storage capabilities which, unless the music was saved on your phone, made it less than ideal for road trips and traveling through areas with weak cell signals. Perhaps Car Things can find second lives as collector's items for budding Silicon Valley types, sitting in corner offices inside glass boxes as a reminder of how not to ship your first hardware product.

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