Comment on The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions

aufhohemross@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A fifth of users in the US rent the car itself via lease mechanisms. You aren’t the target.

  Assuming there are discounts the folks leasing will use these options.

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  • misterdoctor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why are you all over this thread shilling for a predatory subscription model by a multibillion dollar corporation? Very strange behavior.

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    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because this thread is an echo chamber. I know pointing out the target use case is very problematic and odd.

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      • misterdoctor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not even saying you’re wrong necessarily, but it’s just very weird behavior to take this aggressive of a pro-corporate stance on something I think everyone should agree is a shitty, unnecessary practice. Regardless of the use case, locking features behind a paywall is always a shitty thing for a multibillion dollar company to do.

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  • asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re worth blocking

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    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m so fucking sorry I pointed out the reality of people purchasing these cars. I’ll promise to never point out any data to you again if you just don’t block me!

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      • vinyl@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You haven’t provided any data, just you talking.

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  • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A fifth

    Surely their target would be the four fifths, then?

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    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have they excluded that audience? As far as I know you can still purchase the vehicle or feature instead of lease.

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      • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Only by upgrading to the MMI navigation system do you get access to the app store. From there, Audi forces you into add-ons like adaptive cruise control or Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for a one-month, six-month, one-year, or three-year subscription. Or you can just purchase any of those features permanently—although Audi doesn’t say for how much.

        Sounds like you’re right, but people are still right to be wary of this scheme, as the additional market segmentation will likely push up the cost of buying the feature outright.

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• credo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why? Why is going to buy it?

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  • zaph@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You when the only other option is to use public transport in a country with the worst public transportation of any western nation because instead of calling on the government to do something you said “it doesn’t effect me so why should I care?”

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    • ilost7489@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bold to assume anyone has the money for an audi

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      • Bdtrngl@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If it’s profitable and they get away with it you know every other car company will do the same.

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    • credo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But that’s not the only other option. So why would anyone buy it? No reason to create laws for a non-issue.

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