It’s just like any tool.

I use photoshop for instance to edit photos rather than editing them in paint.

Sure I might be able to do the same thing without it, but it makes the process much faster.

I use it to summarize things for me. Or rewrite something I’ve written a bit better. I usually need to spot check it, but it’s still nice to have.

You’re using it wrong!

I don’t have that issue with CarPlay. It might be your vehicle doing that or the navigation app you’re using.

I used to have a high score page on my personal website with scores for my own games.

It was a simple submission php script that would add an entry to a database, and then the page to display the scores would simply query the table to display it on a page.

The submission script had a simple hash check to make sure no one was submitting fake scores outside of my games, but if this is just for you and your friends you likely don’t need such a thing.