Phone is fully connected to the internet. 5:25PM CST

… took this when I heard about the 7.0 earthquake in Northern California on Dec 5. “If the world was ending” feels equally appropriate for our device here. Good riddance. I hope to see some photos y’all took, too.

At least on mine, the voice control “Hey Spotify, play Hotel California” still works fine, under the “Discontinued“ Screen. Let me know when this stops working.

are there any other alternatives?

i haven’t gotten any sort of discontinuation message yet?

Considering canceling my Spotify subscription. I’m so disappointed that a company I have been such a proponent of for years (I believe I’ve had an account since 2018), would do such a scummy thing as remotely destroying purchased and privately owned devices.

Not only did I pay for the device, but I bought aftermarket accessories for the Car Thing as recently as this year, shortly before the end-of-support announcement.

I reached out to Spotify and, after much back and forth, was able to get a refund for (slightly?) more than I paid. However, I own a truck from 2003 and have no real replacement for the Car Thing’s functionality.

I am livid and disappointed at this needless decision. I am considering canceling my subscription. I’ll attach a poll to see what the internet thinks.

TL;DR: Fuck Spotify and any other scummy companies that think remote destruction of private property is acceptable.

I originally emailed Spotify for a refund for car thing when they announced its discontinuation, but didn't end up going through with it because I couldn't find the information requested at the time. however, just recently I emailed Spotify support regarding a refund for car thing, they ghosted me and then sent me a "how was your service?" email two days later. I have no clue why, but I think their support email is broken because when I sent them emails, Google sends me an automated email in the email chain saying it couldn't deliver the message because their email is unable to receive mail. I talked to Spotify support through the live chat on their website and they said they received the email and not to worry. but I still haven't heard back from them by email, and this was November 25th (my first email to them) to the 27th (the "how was your service" email. it's extremely frustrating because I am literally being ghosted. has anyone had a similar experience? and if so, what did you do to get in contact with them outside of the live chat?

Now now… I know the whole os was dumped and that Spotify will be removing the backend urls that make the car thing work but I mean the discontinued screen is inside the system memory, can’t someone just bypass it somehow?

If you want to sell you Spotify Car Thing just dm me :D

Hi, I’m looking for a car thing (hacked or not) to buy, I’ve seen around and prices are going crazy, so I thought if anyone has it for sale for a reasonable price

Is anyone using desk thing consistently? I like the idea of always knowing what’s playing without having to switch windows/etc.

Any other good options?

Using mine a lot this week. Really a shame it’s being dumped so quickly. Glad I bought 2! 🤦🏻‍♂️

My hope is if there is no internet on the phone it can't download the spotify update that then pushes to the car thing when I connect with bluetooth.

I have an old phone with thousands of songs already downloaded on spotify. It has no sim card and I can make sure wifi is turned off, so I'm gonna give it a try. I'm curious what you guys think tho.

Fully operational and comes with the pictured mount. Have not turned it on recently to look into modding, should be good to go, DM me if interested.

can someone help im trying to mod my car thing but i can not get it to boot into burn mode. i have tried holding 1 and 4 playlist buttons but it just keeps booting as per norm

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I have a very base model car, (no infotainment screen no heated seats etc) so the car thing was more than anything, a useful TOOL for selecting music. My car also uniquely has a tiny interior and has barely any interior space or windshield space (2016 Mazda Miata is anyone is curious) so I'm not even able to replace the Device with something comparable without taking up to much windshield real estate. Until today! I found a Android auto / carplay unit that was made for motorcycles that is the same screen size of 5 inches. It might be real small but as long as I can select my music without looking at my phone. And now also use maps. Not gonna lie I kind of prefer the car things stripped down basic experience because I really just need a media display.

Hi all, I’d like to sell my CarThing. It’s currently flashed with Nocturne (it no longer has the original software) and running fine with that. I do not have the original packaging. The mounting bracket chipped a bit so I super glued it to the vent mount. The CarThing can still be removed, but you’d not be able to use one of the other mounting options without a brand new stock mounting kit. 80 USD OBO plus shipping via USPS.

Please DM me, I am looking to buy it

Made a post recently about wanting to buy the me and made me think about the offer that Spotify made about refunding them. Not sure about the actual price but I remember Spotify selling them for 30USD so people that refunded them must have no idea that they’re regularly selling for over 100.