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Comment on The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months agoA 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.
asbestos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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!
vinyl@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You haven’t provided any data, just you talking.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh here, let me go find that very available data with a 2.5 second Google search since you don’t understand the car market, have probably never in your life purchased a new vehicle, and just want to argue.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A fifth
Surely their target would be the four fifths, then?
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.
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.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I will worry when it happens. The car market is very competitive and vehicle reliability, safety, and feature set has improved significantly in the last 15 years.
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.
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.
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.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People like the option. It’s not weird at all to believe that having different options for owning, leading, and renting allows more access to the vehicle and products.