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I ran into this with my 2013 Kia Sorento ICE (which was subsequently totalled. :( )
When you replace the on-board infotainment system, there's an interoperability package that has to be installed to make sure the existing functions of the vehicle continue to work.
Think of it like a translation layer, everything on the dashboard that went through the old system, has to be hooked up to the new system. Also complicated by steering wheel controls.
When it was all said and done, I had the full array of cameras that I wanted (turn signal cameras are amazing!) and everything worked...
Except the one little button that changed the interior lighting. It was forever stuck on red.
Now, for an EV, it's essential everything work properly. I can totally see GM shutting that down.
This is kind of like the complaint about EVs not having AM radios... yeah, there's a reason for that!
https://www.autosinnovate.org/posts/blog/not-cheap-a-3.8-billion-fix-for-am-radio-in-evs
In their case they're using a variant of Google for automotive, so enabling apple carplay and android auto is literally a checkbox on GM side
They're doing extra work to disable it because they want to render the car worthless when after a few years when the os is outdated and the user doesn't pay a subscription for maps