re: Who here drives a reasonably new car, but never uses Apple CarPlay?

I fricking hate CarPlay. Makes my phone almost unusable while driving (which I get.. for safety reasons)

But no. I’ve had 2 cars with it and never use it. I do still connect it via Bluetooth which allows
Me to stream music/podcast and get phone calls

For the most part, all modern phones have hands free capability, regardless of the vehicle.
It's not that complicated though. I drive a 2006 and don't use the hands free driving capability of the phone. I put it on speaker and can have a conversation just fine with the phone in the center console. I choose not to text.
Wife's vehicle is a 2025 with all the bells and whistles, which I will use if driving her vehicle. I still choose not to text though, it's just never that important. Maybe if you're on the road continuously as part of work, texting would be more necessary, but that's not the case for most people.

I love Apple CarPlay, but sometimes the Bluetooth is kind of neurotic in my F-150; the screen displays, but nothing plays. Frustrating.

Big fan of car play, but oddly, I still control most things with my phone rather than fiddling with the touch screen.

Me, because I use Android Auto.

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So, you take your eyes off the road to mess with your phone with a 4" screen instead of using the 9" screen a shorter visual distance from the road with nearly the exact same interface... Oh, my bad, FanDuel doesn't have a car play app, so you gotta get those bets placed in a timely manner, amirite?

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I don’t think adjusting music or directions or something is any more distracting on my phone than with using the built in screen.

I control it by the phone, then directions and map show up on the built in screen.

(You must have me mixed up with someone else on the fanduel swipe)

I’m 63 and love Apple CarPlay. I use it all the time to listen to podcasts while driving to work, sending texts by voice or talking on the phone hands free.

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Olds

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I see more sistas holding their phone up than olds and I live in south Florida

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I don’t think adjusting music or directions or something is any more distracting on my phone

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Visual distance and focus. Your eyes switch between far (road) to medium (car screen), and close, phone screen. Your eyes move from looking directly ahead (0), car screen (-20 degrees), and phone screen (-50 degrees.) All of those transitions take milliseconds, with the more movement your eyes need to do, and refocus requiring more time to readjust. Add in that the icons on the phone are smaller than those on your dash, acquisition time to register what icon is where also takes tiny slices more time than looking at bigger icons.

Fanduel was representative of IG, FB, or whatever other bullshite that people use on their phones while driving that they can't through Carplay or Android Auto on the dash.