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BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them (www.thedrive.com)
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BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them::The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I thought this would go down like the netflix login clampdown - people online rally against it and say they'll cancel Netflix, but in reality their subscriber numbers are up massively

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There is a fundamental difference between the two in that the Netflix one has a justifiable reason while the BMW (and Toyota) making things subscriptions when they don't need to do anything on an ongoing basis to provide that thing is just a money grab.