Soon this all will be much easier. From 12 of September we’re going into a new world of EU Data Act that forces all companies to allow third parties to communicate with iot devices. Which a car is.

So soon Mazda will need to provide those APIs in an official way.

With this kind of problems there are always two solutions: one is pragmatic, one is wishful thinking.

Problem: people leave boxes in the room.

Pragmatic solution: give them a trash can that’s easy to use.

Wishful thinking: slap a sign that tells them to stop.

Germany needs more pragmatic solutions in general.