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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
submitted 8 months ago by absquatulate@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 112 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children)

dumbest fucking timeline. A subscription for a feature that requires no infrastructure and is part of the physical thing you just paid $40k for.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 21 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If they keep doing it is because it keeps working

[–] hangukdise@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Because gullible consumers keep paying

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