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Is it really 'legacy' car companies? Last I checked Tesla was offering insane subscription packages as well.

• cde-v 4y ago
  O boy, I can hear the muskrats scurrying out of the woodwork to come tell you you're wrong.
  • SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    I was a bit reluctant to even post that knowing that it's going to be ideologically conflated with all the rest of the Elon Empire but it's seemed the best counter-example of a new company doing the same dirty tricks.
• nrjames 4y ago
  What are they offering? I thought they just had the self-driving subscription package?
  • SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    That's what I referring to, yeah. Looking it up it's double this performance package ($199 / month), and it might be even more weasely (a claim of "Full Self-Driving" being to real full self-driving as the modern "hoverboard" is to a real hoverboard).
    • robohydrate 4y ago
      At least with FSD you have the option of paying once for the entire feature (currently 15k) or paying a subscription ($200/mo or $100/mo if you paid once for enhanced autopilot feature (currently $6k). And it's an actual software feature, not unlocking your hardware. Though I think an acceleration boost unlock is/was offered for certain Tesla model 3/Y, which I guess is similar to what Mercedes is doing here, but it's a one time thing instead of subscription. /MuskRatOut
      • SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
        I'll guess that the up front cost does kind of make it better, but really, in both cases the car has the hardware already, you're just paying for the software to unlock its functionality. In neither case are they going to replace the engineer or remove the sensors.