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I am ok with a charge for things that require the manufacturer to run a server. But it needs to be related to the actual cost , and that cost is unavoidable. Regarding that last point: my Garmin satnav lets me use my own mobile data to get live traffic information. Car makers don’t give you that option.

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DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Car makers don’t give you that option. Except they do if you have Android Auto. Literally none of that has any bearing whatsoever on subscriptions for cruise control though.

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- Docus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  According to the article, apple car play and android auto also require a subscription. So no, they don’t give you the choice.
  
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  - DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Subscription to a cell carrier maybe? I’ve used Android Auto in particular a bunch. It connects to my phone and uses Google maps, which is non subscription. Admittedly it’s been a bit, I suppose Google could have crippled it since I last used it, but I have my doubts. My mother uses it regularly and I guarantee she’d be throwing a fit if she needed to pay to do so.
    
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    Docus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Nope. Read the first line of the article. Apple CarPlay won’t work unless you pay Audi a subscription fee. I’m not surprised, I had an A3 a few years ago and that already had subscriptions built in. But they came with a 3 year license and Audi UK would extend that for a year at a time, free of charge as they had not worked out how to charge for it. They have worked it out now.
    
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