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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoIsn’t mercedes doing subscription heated seats etc?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•2 years agoThat was BMW who tried it https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscription-service-car-2023-9?op=1
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agoAnd they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.
minus-squareAlexlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoThat was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoBMW already dropped it, it was that popular.
Isn’t mercedes doing subscription heated seats etc?
No
That was BMW who tried it
https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-scrap-heated-seats-subscription-service-car-2023-9?op=1
And they gave up on it, at least for now, because not unexpectedly it was a terrible fucking idea
I’m sure they knew it was a terrible idea. They just boiled the frog too quickly. They’ll try it again in 5 years.
That was BMW. Mercedes was even worse: they locked full acceleration behind a subscription
whatttttt
BMW already dropped it, it was that popular.