BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them

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• quinten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good!

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• vodkasolution@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They heated them

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  • Wussy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Things got a bit heated.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m just glad we didn’t have to get the heat involved.

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• WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “How do you know that people hated the heated seat subscription?”

  BMW, if they were honest: “Ummmm… Jailbreaks? A lot of them? It’s impossible to enforce it because of them”

  For once the car modding community got a giant W against a car maker

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The gaming community could learn alot from BMW owners: when companies charge for bullshit services don’t pay for them and the company will stop doing it.

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    • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “but muh preorder!”

      Yeah I hate it too

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• Blake@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At what point do we say, “enough is enough, a collective of employees and customers is taking control of the company, you are relieved of command”?

  I am so sick of things getting worse and worse because people want to unfairly profit from selling us the solution to a problem that they caused.

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• skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I drive a car from 2000, it runs great, no spyware, no features in my car that I can’t use, all I need to is add Bluetooth to the radio and its perfect. I don’t really need a screen in my car to tell me basic information the dash gauges already tell me.

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  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Buy one of these and you’re good to go:

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    • BearPear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is this thing even real?

      I would suggest using an aux cable instead.

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    • skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sadly my tape player doesn’t work anymore, not really sure why? I had planned in getting on of these also my car lacks on aux port.

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  • bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have a 2000 and a 2014. I don’t expect to replace either until both of them die. Even then… I also have a motorcycle. I really don’t want to buy any of the nonsense coming out these days.

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• a9249@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Toyota is doing this sort of thing too…

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  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Every car manufacturer will. $$$ is the final decision maker, and the more that are doing it the less bad press matters cause it’s not like the consumer has a choice

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• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fuck them.

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• Irkam@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now do Zero Motorcycles.

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• Wooki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I will believe it when I see it. Next in news: BMW finds the line, decides to change tactics to a more critical function.

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• Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good! Fuck off with that bullshit!

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• Nusm@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Read all about it in this month’s issue of DUH.

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• TimeNaan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  When are they gonna give up on spying on their customers? Or do they want us to forget that?

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• Nerrad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now you’ll pay for it with your privacy. Facebook can’t wait to their grubby hands on your cold ass data.

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• CaptainAlcohol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Must have had too many heated arguments in customer support I guess.

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• MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I love my heated seat subscription. Keeps my tushy warm AND it makes me feel great that I can afford it and the lazy poors can’t.

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• A2PKXG@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We need to view this seperate issues:

  One is putting all options into a car and only making them available to customers who pay. This somewhat makes sense, and while it is annoying, it might benefit customers and automakers alike.

  The other is making a hardware option a subscription. I personally hate that, but it just might make sense. People also rent houses and lease cars, why not add some customisation?

  There might be a third question: Why do people even buy Beamers?

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• bemenaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  WELL DUH

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• WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  fuck them and their bullshit

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• Spliffman1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What was the blowback? Farting on the heated seats?

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• sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  duh

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• goffredo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Does anyone know what the monthly fee for heated seats was? And what the permanent on option cost?

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• Arda1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  YEESSSS

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• happyhippo@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Get an Alfa Romeo already

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• _s10e@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So no more seat heating, then?

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