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If there were a sophisticated industry standard protocol spoken by all DAPs over standard USB cabling, you'd think the car manufacturers would be all over it as a standard checkbox.

You're preachin' to the choir here.

My soapbox on getting an IEEE Standard

Earlier comment from me about need for standards and why aren't other MP3 makers backing one?

Another one of my rants about crappy integration and why isn't there an IEEE standard?

Another plea for a standardized personal audio connector at the bottom of my rant about lame BMW integration.

Lament on the lameness of Apple's deal with Ford, GM, and Mazda

I'm still baffled.
Yet this is still peripheral enough to my primary line of work that I haven't stepped up to chair anything.
I.e., I don't have a big stake in this business-wise, so I'll just continue to whine as a consumer.