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BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them (www.thedrive.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because they didn’t get away with it like they expected to*

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wonder how multiple people ever agreed on this possibly working. Thought we resolved this in the sim-lock era with phones; people will hack it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

My guess is they see the revenue subscription models bring in and they think so little of people they thought that was another way they could nickel and dime people