BMW Adaptive Suspension Can Be Added via Subscription. Suspension As A Service (SAAS)

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• tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I own the car it’s my hardware to use. If I don’t own that suspension then someone needs to collect their property from my car.

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• DarkSurferZA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I actually think this is a great idea. Hear me out.

  They fit the hardware that you can’t touch while the Motor plan is active, but when the right to repair legislation kicks in, and we start debating whether we actually own the cars we buy, all these scumbag practices will mean that any car outside of the Motorplan should be able to run cracked OS’s and everyone gets free BMW features on their cars after motorplan expires.

  I vote they keep going for a bit, then they get their asses handed to them with out of maintenance plan service options and 3rd party features.

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  • Buttons@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If all the cars are the same price I’ll buy the one with the upgrade options and then not pay for them.

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    • barsquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll buy the one without an internet connection to be checking if I am subscribed or not.

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• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Automatic headlight dimming, only €82 per year.

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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    £100 in the UK

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• Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So, the car gets very expensive suspension, but to use the features you need a subscription? So if I don’t want the wctive suspension feature, I am still stuck with the very expensive active suspension hardware…

  Yeah, no, I’ll stick with Subaru. Everything they make uses tech from the dinosaur age of motoring.

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• n3cr0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So, you buy a car with all these features, but you don’t pay for them. They are disabled by default. You jailbreak your car, everything works without paying extra, but then you realize, you broke your warranty.

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• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Put Germany out of its misery already

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• hark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I were a BMW customer, I’d be suspending my purchase of their rip-off vehicles.

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• fubarx@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are basic rules for coming up with these types of product subscriptions:

  1. Is it something a large number of customers can’t live without?
  2. Is it something that costs money to support and continue developing? Subscriptions help defray that cost and loyal users are happy to keep it going.
  3. Will the feature be actively used on a regular basis, going forward?

  Now apply these to seat warmers, suspension adjustments, self-driving, or whatever else shows up in the future. If you don’t hit all three, head back to the drawing board.

  P.S.: This isn’t limited to cars. It’s equally true for any hardware product.

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• ATDA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I said I wanted Forza in the car this isn’t exactly what I was gaming for.

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• Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bmw slowly becoming a really bad car

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  • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bad Motor Vehicle

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    • Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      real

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  • Incel_Inside@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Slowly?

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  • dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They stopped being good cars in 2004. Twenty years they’ve been shit, and people are still swallowing the gravy.

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    • Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ohh

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• portuga@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do love german cars, but now they just trolling. Not that I can afford a BMW, but would place a third mortgage on my if only it wasn’t for the subscription. What next “subscription on your breaks has expired. Do you want AI to tke it from here? Please download our app”

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• demizerone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah nah. I hope these car company keep adding subscriptions, it’ll hopefully push people over the edge and hurt their sales. These cars are becoming unfix-able. I can’t imagine how much it would cost to get this system fixed.

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• Incel_Inside@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TPB go brrrrrrrrrr

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• BrownianMotion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Software as a Suspension.

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