A leased car with those options 5 years ago didn’t cost you a subscription, and now they will. You want the option to what? Pay more for something that you didn’t have to before?
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IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months agoPeople 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.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 months ago
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Again, on both the Toyota and BMW, it was less expensive than purchasing the options. You did pay for them before. They were never free.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not true. Just think about what you’re saying for five seconds and you’ll realize how absurd it is. If you buy a BMW or a Toyota that has an available heated seat subscription for example, whether you pay for it or not, they installed the heated seats. it doesn’t cost BMW or Toyota a cent for you to use your heated seats, it costs them to install them. You really think that you haven’t already paid for those heated seats that they’ve already installed in the car? Get real.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It is far cheaper to produce a single trim with most of the features. Customization costs money. There is a reason Porsches are expensive.
Multiple seat types is literally buildings and lines they need to construct. It’s the same concept as binning chips.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 3 months ago
People like the option to have already installed equipment just not work if they don’t pay the subscription? Like the car already has the features and the company is saying “we included this equipment in the price of your lease/purchase already but if you’d like to use it you have to keep paying more.”
Even in the case of a lease, this is just anti-consumer bullshit
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
With BMW and Toyota it was cheaper to sub for 3 years than purchase outright. Yes, that’s an attractive option.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 3 months ago
That’s not what I said. Good strawman/whataboutism combo, but try harder.