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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
by throwawayadvsec 3y 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 3y agoI 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 3y agoI 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 3y 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.
- callalex 3y ago>EV cars are most likely not going to be exported to have a second life. What reason do you have to believe that?
- throwawayadvsec 3y agothat's what's already happening