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Trust me, cars will be next for the subscription model. There will be resistance at first, but it seems the way we are heading.
by prox 4y ago
Trust me, cars will be next for the subscription model. There will be resistance at first, but it seems the way we are heading.
- Khelavaster 4y agoLike...a lease?
- prox 4y agoNope, more like “pay this to unlock the features x,y and z”
- jeroenhd 4y agoThis is already being done by moet major brands these days. They can only withhold luxury features like heated seating for now, but who knows when they take away basic features such as radio, replace it with a Spotify app, and demand a special subscription to listen tk music in your car.
- mister_tee 4y agoI was trying to look up a Tesla special case (where upgrading the infotainment unit removes the radio unless an additional $500 upgrade is purchased) and learned that several EV manufacturers have already removed AM radio because electric motors interfere with that frequency range. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/business/media/am-radio-cars.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/business/media/am-radio-c... "Carmakers noted that drivers can still stream AM radio on apps and not all electric vehicles have dropped it."
- yencabulator 4y agoRemoving hardware features is fine by me. Selling hardware features that can't be used, and rent-seeking with them, is user-hostile.
- acomjean 4y agoWant to drive without this awful music? 10$ I see ransomware coming to cars.
- NikkiA 4y agoWhy awful music when it could be ads?
- lp0_on_fire 4y ago"Please pull over and watch this message from our sponsors to continue your journey"
- grishka 4y agoPeople would 100% be jailbreaking this stuff.
- goodpoint 4y ago...and after a car accident you get all the blame and other legal consequences for having tampered with your car.
- urbandw311er 4y agoOr just physically cutting open the seat and bypassing the switch
- prox 4y agoUnless it has an AI, “you have violated the integrity of this vehicle, starting protocols have been disabled. Please contact your local representative.”
- Idiot_in_Vain 4y agoVery few people. What percentage of iPhone users have their phones jailbroken? 0.0001% Almost no one will do it - it's a lot of work, loss of warranty, loss of small conveniences.
- withinboredom 4y agoI used to always jailbreak my iphone (mostly because I was one of the first owners and had been doing that since it was possible). The last time I did it, the apps were just too sketchy and wanted too much permissions. I didn't really see the value in it. Maybe things are better these days, but I haven't checked in the last 6-7 years.
- bpye 4y agoConceptually I have less of an issue with it for cars. I think encouraging car-sharing, at least in urban environments, would be a good thing. Most cars spend the vast majority of the day either parked at home, or at work.
- ddalex 4y agoBut I keep my last week's garbage in the car, why would I want to share somebody else's garbage ?
- dev_hugepages 4y agoTaking a quick peek (at least where I live), There's not much garbage in ppl's cars
- SanjayMehta 4y agoIt's already here. BMW tried to charge a subscription for CarPlay. There is at least one Indian manufacturer pushing subscriptions on some features on their high end models. Thin end of the wedge.
- robin_reala 4y agoBMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscription...
- amelius 4y agoOur products are turning into vending machines, with the iPhone as the best example.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoI wonder how much their subscription for the blinkers costs.
- theandrewbailey 4y agoProbably a lot, judging by the cost of BMW blinker fluid.
- justaman 4y agoToyota sells access to their remote start. This should be illegal.
- mbreese 4y agoSo does Acura/Honda. Used to be on the key fob, but now it’s through a phone app with a subscription. I thought it was ridiculous until I learned how it worked. Instead of being RF based, it works using Sirius XM satellite data pushes. I’m not sure how to feel about it now. I think the satellite version is more secure, but does have a different cost structure. (I only found this out when our account wouldn’t work for months. Then a few months ago there was a security issue with that system that reset our account.)
- Firmwarrior 4y agoSecure, eh? https://mobile.twitter.com/samwcyo/status/1597792097175674880 https://mobile.twitter.com/samwcyo/status/159779209717567488... Tl;dr: They didn't actually bother to put security into the app > We could execute commands on vehicles and fetch user information from the accounts by only knowing the victim's VIN number, something that was on the windshield.
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoThe upper middle class will cheer is because they can afford it and they would rather see the poors on the bus than in a used car. Maybe the ones with a little bit more self awareness than average will feel dirty about it.
- mrtranscendence 4y agoAs someone who is upper middle class, I dispute this. It doesn't matter how much I make, I feel like I'm drowning in monthly subscription fees already. Nobody wants to pay a recurring fee for what should be a one-time payment.
- onewheeltom 4y agoOwning an ink jet printer is never a one time payment. If you are drowning in subscriptions, printing should be the least of your worries.