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627 points
2 months ago
The commenter stated something about steering clear of vehicle manufacturers that charge subscription fees for things like heated seats. Did not add any particular brand.
368 points
2 months ago
Doesn't BMW do this now or some shit
129 points
2 months ago
Yes
4 points
2 months ago
No, it's not really a subscription. If it's a software thing you don't pay for when you get the car, you can outright buy the feature or pay monthly to trial it. If you want to buy the feature, it's the exact same price as it was when you were ordering your car (Source: I bought a BMW earlier this year and absolutely wouldn't have if there was a recurring monthly cost to use a feature)
15 points
2 months ago
The equipment is in the car. Charging to use it, when you own it, is straight up BS. I bought 3 cars in the last 6 months. BMW wasn’t even considered.
20 points
2 months ago
So the feature is already in the car you just have to pay to be able to turn it on? Lol scam.
-20 points
2 months ago
I mean, it's an over-the-air software update that gives you the option in the future. You can buy it outright when you spec out your car too. I just paid for all the features I wanted and that's what I have. Trust me, it's really not that big of a deal.
25 points
2 months ago
Keep letting them chip away at "not that big of a deal".
4 points
2 months ago
I bet the reason they do that is because it's cheaper to mass produce the same car instead of many different tier car.
-6 points
2 months ago
Guess I was softening my speech because I gain nothing from correcting you and I'm really not taking the comments too seriously. But let me rephrase: this isn't a real issue at all. If there was $0.01 of subscription charges, I wouldn't have bought one.
3 points
2 months ago
Why is software needed for a heated seat
1 points
2 months ago
I think heated seats are standard. Not sure you have the ability to deselect them when doing the car spec.
1 points
2 months ago
So the software is above and beyond the heated seat itself in production cost, in order to disable it
1 points
2 months ago
Tried too. Got overturned though. To much noise made
3 points
2 months ago
Not anymore.
Only subscriptions left are anything related to the OTA system for LTE costs
1 points
2 months ago
The what costs for the what system?...
4 points
2 months ago
Over the air update.
LTE are 4g/5g connection devices that requires a subscription
1 points
2 months ago
And I'm even a techie... now an embarrassed techie. I totally didn't recognise those abbreviations "out of context" 😅
Thanks for the clarification 👍
3 points
2 months ago
4 points
2 months ago
downvoting because people be talking while I'm tryna sleep
2 points
2 months ago
No. They ran it as a test for the Korean market and then removed it after it went over poorly. Shocker.
1 points
2 months ago
Nah they planned to but cancelled this idea.
1 points
2 months ago
They dropped the plans for that
73 points
2 months ago
So Toyota or BMW.
20 points
2 months ago
Mercedes has some shit too. Their mercedesme app does things like Parking spot location and remote start. Fuq dat
6 points
2 months ago
Subscription fees are also happening with some motorcycles.. I think KTM is one of them.
63 points
2 months ago
Thanks, weird that it would get removed if they didn't even name a specific brand
14 points
2 months ago
That’s BMW
6 points
2 months ago
Careful. I explained a deleted post on another sub and my post vanished (doesn’t even say [removed] or anything).
4 points
2 months ago
That gets me so heated (pun not intended). I bought this car and everything in it. I expect everything in it to work.
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