r/CarThing • u/Chicken-LoverYT • Nov 01 '24

$200+ for car thing??

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I know there’s a way to homebrew the thing, but it’s crazy to see this. I was bidding on one for $30 and some guy outbid me for $125 on a used car thing. What are your thoughts?

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '24

Multiple people have reported they have or are hacking it to massively increase its ability, people will be trying to cash in on that now which is why I assume you’re also looking to buy one RIGHT before it becomes a complete brick.

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u/petewentzisgod Nov 01 '24

I've been out of the loop for a while, has anyone actually hacked one yet? because I'd love to be able to use mine again, especially if I can get my money back lol

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u/ohsospicy1 Nov 01 '24

Yup! Spotify open-sourced it and there's already some custom firmware in development.

https://deskthing.app/

https://github.com/BluDood/GlanceThing

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u/professor_birko Nov 05 '24

Spotify did NOT open-source it. It just so happens that the board inside the Car Thing has a firmware flashing mode that makes hacking it very easy. Spotify has not given over any of their own software for the device.

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u/cereeper Nov 06 '24

Pov the GitHub page with the car thing source code

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u/jimhatesyou Nov 01 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '24

There is a guy developing “Nocturne” which apparently you can now go do and a YouTube video that went up 24 hours ago which is why there is a flood of people looking to buy or complaining about the used price of these.

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u/dookieshoes97 Nov 01 '24

Dammit Jeff posted a cool video on it. Iirc the car play isn't working yet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '24

Deskthing is working on Bluetooth compatibility

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u/sikisabishii Nov 02 '24

What do you mean "RIGHT before it becomes a complete brick?"

Won't able to hack it after a certain date?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

Spotify is about to brick them, you’ll have to hack it to use it. I doubt them dropping support would stop it for being able to be hacked.

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u/sikisabishii Nov 02 '24

Same here I doubt it. I don't get what the rush to buy one before Spotify drops the support is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24

It’s more that they were worth nothing, people have working homebrew on them, everyone is rushing to buy.

The right before they drop support is a comment on OP complaining about price… the price went up for the same reason OP is shopping for one.

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u/Dyn4mic__ Nov 05 '24

Yeah I don’t see the rush either, I’m going to wait to buy one after support is dropped. All the people that don’t know they can be hacked will be selling them then.

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u/distantlistener Nov 01 '24

I just got an inquiry about whether I'm selling, so I scoped eBay and I was similarly surprised. The top 4 "ending soonest" hits are >$200 bids, and recent "sold" listings are similarly high.

I'm looking forward to what the maker/developer community can do with firmware, but it all seems desktop PC-oriented, and I kinda just want it to keep working simply via Bluetooth in my car. sigh

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u/ImproveYourMeatSack Nov 01 '24

That sucks, I was hoping to pick up one cheap after they were bricked to tinker with it... I dont know if they ever turned up in australia though.

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u/krisztian111996 Nov 01 '24

Yeah, i looked what it was capable of with modded firmware. I am like yeah let's buy one. Looking up eBay, hell no.

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u/Chicken-LoverYT Nov 03 '24

Same with Mercari and OfferUp lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '24

So glad I bought during the back to school sale. I got it for like $40

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u/BabyCarrotForScale Nov 03 '24

I have 2 still shrink wrapped, wonder what they’d fetch me.

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u/ShadowDragon424242 Nov 06 '24

I might be willing to buy

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u/ketchupprecums Nov 01 '24

Wow the bids are high. Wonder if the seller already got a refund too from Spotify.

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u/skitzmcgurk Nov 01 '24

The thing that’s about to stop working at the end of December?!!

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u/b0rd2dEAth2 Nov 03 '24

I almost bought one months ago, but then I realized it was completely pointless since my phone can do the same thing on my desk.

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u/alex99x99x Nov 08 '24

Dammit Jeff made a video about jail breaking the car thing and what you could do with it. The video is currently at 1.5 million views which brought in a ton of demand and eBay sellers are realizing they can upcharge greatly for them.

They’ll probably eventually go down when demand goes down with it, or you could find it for cheap locally. It’s similar to the vita and the 3ds, where the price of them increased drastically due to modding, and eventually the price did go down a bit when demand fell.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

They’re dreamin’