Considering software like that will always need further development, I'm not objecting to have it as an optional subscription and the price sounds reasonable to

Considering software like that will always need further development, I'm not objecting to have it as an optional subscription and the price sounds reasonable to me. I would use it. Not for every small trip to the store, but for longer trips definitely. That being said I think this would lead to more hardware, not just software, being locked behind subscriptions - as the article already mentions battery range/performance subscription. Simply because the companies are greedy. That's something that I would refuse to pay for via subscription.