Because then you have to introduce government programmes.

Do you know what “state” means?

Do you know why we call them “United States” and not just “united provinces” or “united prefectures”?

Sounds anti-Semitic to me 🧐

“Hey! I hear that dope who smuggled drugs to Russia is playing for Phoenix. Wanna check it out?”

Because “reducing the need for software devs” literally means replacing them. Sure you’ll have a few remaining, but not a sizable amount.

Well mp3s weren’t cutting edge because walkmans existed before it.

And walkmans weren’t such a big deal, because we already had things like vinyl players.

And don’t even get me started on vinyl players. helloooo, phonographic cylindersss.

No one thought this

Like all losers he is an expat in the Philippines. Fits the bill.

Ok, then buy it out.

Youre paying for them once with a discount of not having them turn on, and a separate time to have them activated.

Alternatively you could outright buy it if thats your prerogative to “own what you buy”. Enjoy.

I’m not. I’m saying that it opens a new revenue stream that used to be in limbo of wanting but not needing the feature. It opens up the package to more consumers and is just a smart business decision.

Again, if you’d prefer not to subscribe you’re still more than welcome to purchase the feature outright — it just doesn’t make sense to 60% of BMW owners who own their cars for 5 years or less.

Because the company needs to be profitable and standardized productions are cheaper than one-offs.

I agree with your sentiment but similarly the companies exist to make a profit.

Worst case scenario bimmertech will jailbreak you one.

Again, you don’t have to subscribe and you still have the option of buying out.

And no, my math still stands for people who do not want to own their cars for 8 years. They would be saving $22 assuming they “only” own one for 7 years.

You realize you can like… unsubscribe to the features when you don’t want them anymore, right?

The seat price is a $400 option, but a subscription to the seat is $18 a month (these are real numbers btw). If your area is cold for 3 months a year, you would need to keep the car for 8 years for it not to be worth it to subscribe to the seats themselves.

I don’t understand why people are so bothered by the option of subscription based seat heating.

If you live in a city that’s cold for maybe 1–3 months a year, why would you want to pay for the heaters in its entirety? You’re saving money by paying for a month or so of heaters. Similarly, you are able to “buy out” the feature. It’s not like they locked it entirely. If you have such a hard on for owning them in a conventional way, you’re still able to do just that.

The only people who are truly hurt by this is the segment of consumers obsessed with one-upping people with a similar model minus X feature.