Technology

58108 readers

5249 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)

submitted 6 months ago by absquatulate@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

59 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Because this thread is an echo chamber. I know pointing out the target use case is very problematic and odd. I'll be quite and you all can continue to ignore that a fifth of buyers rent the entire vehicle for 3 years and haven't been doing it for 50.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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. The original comment is about limiting how I pay for a car. Leasing+ subscription works for many customers.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 -1 points 6 months ago

With BMW and Toyota it was cheaper to sub for 3 years than purchase outright. Yes, that's an attractive option.