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

• ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tesla was one of the original pioneers with FSD subscriptions. BMW had heated seat subscriptions but walked it back. They do have a subscription for the “drive recorder” camera but you can pay a one time fee to permanently unlock it so that’s at least acceptable.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They do have a subscription for the “drive recorder” camera but you can pay a one time fee to permanently unlock it so that’s at least acceptable.

    Edit: incidentally the permanent price is the same as if you bought it on your car new.

    I disagree: if the physical hardware came on the car, the owner is entitled to use it (that’s how property rights work). Therefore, BMW should be forced to either charge everybody for it as a standard feature or physically not include the hardware for the people who aren’t getting it.

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• wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a 2022. It’s not terrible, but there’s definitely a subscription for remote start and a few other connected type features. Nothing related to actual driving once you’re in the car though.

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