Classic Reddit. Comments such as this one provide an alternative take:<p>> Car Thing was introduced in April 2021 and discontinued 5 months later. In May of this year, they announced support would end. Yes, it sucks to have your device bricked, but they gave 3 years of support for a failed product, gave several months of warning, and are still offering full refunds. That's already much better than most other companies would give, but they also released the code for modders which is damn near unheard of. Spotify is shitty for a lot of reasons, but this isn't one.
Unofficial continued support: <a href="https://deskthing.app/" rel="nofollow">https://deskthing.app/</a><p>Discussions:<p><i>Spotify's Car Thing, due for bricking, is getting an open source second life</i> (132 points, 33 days ago, 41 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42119869">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42119869</a><p><i>Spotify Car Thing will be discontinued</i> (77 points, 6 months ago, 233 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40456644">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40456644</a>