boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down117cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkNow that cars are like smartphones, we don’t really own themwww.washingtonpost.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoIsn’t mercedes doing subscription heated seats etc?
minus-squareArtVandelay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoThat was BMW who tried it https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscription-service-car-2023-9?op=1
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoAnd they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.
minus-squareAlex@feddit.rolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThat was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoBMW already dropped it, it was that popular.
Isn’t mercedes doing subscription heated seats etc?
That was BMW who tried it
https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscription-service-car-2023-9?op=1
And they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea
I’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.
That was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription
BMW already dropped it, it was that popular.
whatttttt
No