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A lot of people here think building a successful subscription based product is the absolute goal in life. To them Mercedes (and BMW and others) doing this isn't

A lot of people here think building a successful subscription based product is the absolute goal in life. To them Mercedes (and BMW and others) doing this isn't dumb - it's super smart and worth applauding. Otherwise you're just leaving money on the table /s.

olyjohn 4y ago
You put the /s, but I don't think this comment is inaccurate in any way. Some people really have enthusiasm for nothing but making money. No hobbies, no interests, no friends, no other goals.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  I'm very enthusiastic about making money too but I don't really want to sell my soul to make it happen.
- wiseowise 4y ago
  > Some people really have enthusiasm for nothing but making money. As long as those people have morals, what’s wrong with that?
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - kingTug 4y ago
    The people who seem most enthusiastic for giant bank accounts (read: billionaires) seem to lack these morals, by and large.
    - amelius 4y ago
      The economy is based on too simple rules, hence unfair, hence this is what happens.
  - flangola7 4y ago
    Greed has long been understood to be fundamentally immoral by many civilizations and cultures throughout history.
    - airstrike 4y ago
      It has also been understood to be fundamentally inherent to humanity as a consequence of our "need to survive", so trying to regulate it away is just inviting people to skirt said regulation Since it's unavoidable, the best next thing is to design a system which takes greed as an input and outputs productivity. That system is called Capitalism and that is why it always wins.
- bena 4y ago
  Some people heard "A fool and his money are soon parted" and thought, "If I could make everyone a fool..."
- PascLeRasc 4y ago
  It isn't even enthusiasm, it's the most passive "doesn't make sense not to" type of reasoning.
- zoiksmeboiks 4y ago
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throwawayadvsec 4y ago
honestly yes it's smart(doesn't mean it's kind), if I was selling 6 figures cars I'd do my best to milk customers in every possible way as long as it's still profitable in the long run mercedes isn't selling baby formulas or epipens plenty of other brands will take your 100 years of 3rd world salary to give you some shiny vehicle should I cry for some pampered millionaires who just want to drive faster?
- gambiting 4y ago
  I find it really amusing that you think you need to be a millionaire to own one of these, but whatever - that's not a core of this argument. The point is that everywhere outside of the powerhouse first world economies runs on second hand cars imported from those economies. I'd know - in my country most cars are ex-german cars. And then once we're done with them, they go to Ukraine(or they used to). Then after that they go to far east or Africa. Your 100k mercedes has 15 lives before it gets scrapped. But you know what stops that chain early? If everything in the car has subscription and strong encryption to prevent messing with payment options, which "incidentally" will mean those cars can't be worked on by anyone other than the official garage. Wouldn't want anyone to pirate some subscription-only stuff now, would we. I'm not mourning rich people wanting to drive fast - I'm mourning regular folks who will get these cars at 15-20 years old and find out that the heating seats don't work because Mercedes won't enable them on a "legacy" vehicle. Or it's from the wrong region so they can't do anything for you, sorry.
  - throwawayadvsec 4y ago
    I don't believe that, I've met people living on minimum wage with brand new mercedes, and I call those people brain dead. Buying a six figures car only makes sense if you're a millionaire. EV cars are most likely not going to be exported to have a second life.
    - gambiting 4y ago
      >>EV cars are most likely not going to be exported to have a second life. Well, that's absolutely inevitable given how things are going. It might not be in the next 10 years, but in 30? Almost certainly guaranteed.
atleastoptimal 4y ago
Everyone here is a temporarily embarrassed SAAS billionaire and god help anyone trying to step on their future hypothetical probable profit margins

olyjohn 4y ago

You put the /s, but I don't think this comment is inaccurate in any way. Some people really have enthusiasm for nothing but making money. No hobbies, no interests, no friends, no other goals.

matheusmoreira 4y ago
I'm very enthusiastic about making money too but I don't really want to sell my soul to make it happen.
wiseowise 4y ago
> Some people really have enthusiasm for nothing but making money. As long as those people have morals, what’s wrong with that?
- deleted 4y ago
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- kingTug 4y ago
  The people who seem most enthusiastic for giant bank accounts (read: billionaires) seem to lack these morals, by and large.
  - amelius 4y ago
    The economy is based on too simple rules, hence unfair, hence this is what happens.
- flangola7 4y ago
  Greed has long been understood to be fundamentally immoral by many civilizations and cultures throughout history.
  - airstrike 4y ago
    It has also been understood to be fundamentally inherent to humanity as a consequence of our "need to survive", so trying to regulate it away is just inviting people to skirt said regulation Since it's unavoidable, the best next thing is to design a system which takes greed as an input and outputs productivity. That system is called Capitalism and that is why it always wins.
bena 4y ago
Some people heard "A fool and his money are soon parted" and thought, "If I could make everyone a fool..."
PascLeRasc 4y ago
It isn't even enthusiasm, it's the most passive "doesn't make sense not to" type of reasoning.
zoiksmeboiks 4y ago
[flagged]

throwawayadvsec 4y ago

honestly yes it's smart(doesn't mean it's kind), if I was selling 6 figures cars I'd do my best to milk customers in every possible way as long as it's still profitable in the long run mercedes isn't selling baby formulas or epipens plenty of other brands will take your 100 years of 3rd world salary to give you some shiny vehicle should I cry for some pampered millionaires who just want to drive faster?

gambiting 4y ago
I find it really amusing that you think you need to be a millionaire to own one of these, but whatever - that's not a core of this argument. The point is that everywhere outside of the powerhouse first world economies runs on second hand cars imported from those economies. I'd know - in my country most cars are ex-german cars. And then once we're done with them, they go to Ukraine(or they used to). Then after that they go to far east or Africa. Your 100k mercedes has 15 lives before it gets scrapped. But you know what stops that chain early? If everything in the car has subscription and strong encryption to prevent messing with payment options, which "incidentally" will mean those cars can't be worked on by anyone other than the official garage. Wouldn't want anyone to pirate some subscription-only stuff now, would we. I'm not mourning rich people wanting to drive fast - I'm mourning regular folks who will get these cars at 15-20 years old and find out that the heating seats don't work because Mercedes won't enable them on a "legacy" vehicle. Or it's from the wrong region so they can't do anything for you, sorry.
- throwawayadvsec 4y ago
  I don't believe that, I've met people living on minimum wage with brand new mercedes, and I call those people brain dead. Buying a six figures car only makes sense if you're a millionaire. EV cars are most likely not going to be exported to have a second life.
  - gambiting 4y ago
    >>EV cars are most likely not going to be exported to have a second life. Well, that's absolutely inevitable given how things are going. It might not be in the next 10 years, but in 30? Almost certainly guaranteed.

atleastoptimal 4y ago

Everyone here is a temporarily embarrassed SAAS billionaire and god help anyone trying to step on their future hypothetical probable profit margins