Comment on Now that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own them

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That was BMW who tried it

  businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscr…

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  • phx@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.

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• WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No

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• ultra@feddit.ro ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    BMW already dropped it, it was that popular.

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  • crystalmerchant@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    whatttttt

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