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BMW Starts Selling Heated Seat Subscriptions for $18 a Month
BMW is now selling subscriptions for heated seats in a number of countries -- the latest example of the company's adoption of microtransactions for high-end car features. From a report: A monthly subscription to heat your BMW's front seats costs roughly $18, with options to subscribe for a year ($180), three years ($300), or pay for "unlimited" access for ... ⌘ Read more
@slashdot Oh come on! Didn't we try this already with Toyota's subscription service to unlock your fucking car with your own key fob?! ðŸĪĶ‍♂ïļ What the actual fuck is wrong with these companies?! ðŸĪŽ If I buy a product, something physical I take home with me, I DO NOT expect to pay a continuous fee for something it _should_ "just do"â„Ē Geez christ ðŸ˜ģ
@slashdot Oh come on! Didn't we try this already with Toyota's subscription service to unlock your fucking car with your own key fob?! ðŸĪĶ‍♂ïļ What the actual fuck is wrong with these companies?! ðŸĪŽ If I buy a product, something physical I take home with me, I DO NOT expect to pay a continuous fee for something it _should_ "just do"â„Ē Geez christ ðŸ˜ģ
@prologic Big agree! Microtransactions are eating away at the gaming industry because they have no incentive to make good and innovative games anymore (especially Activision Blizzard with the WoW expansions being lack luster and the same Call of Duty product pushed every year. Don't get me.started on Diablo Immortal). If BMW is successful with microtransactions, I'll be pretty worried about the future of the automotive industry.
@screem Yeah well it's stupid shit like this that makes me want to become a luddite for realz 😂 Seriously 😂
@screem Yeah well it's stupid shit like this that makes me want to become a luddite for realz 😂 Seriously 😂
@screem @prologic

you will own nothing and enjoy it.
@retrocrash How does one enjoy anything you continue to pay for and never own?! ðŸĪĶ‍♂ïļ
@retrocrash How does one enjoy anything you continue to pay for and never own?! ðŸĪĶ‍♂ïļ
@retrocrash Yes sir! ðŸĪŠ Can't wait for a subscription fee for oxygen.
@screem The US already don't allow you to collect your own rain water 😂 Don't joke about this kind of shit, we _will_ eventually get to a point where we are charged money or have to pay money to live, breathe and drink. Oh wait we kind of already do ðŸĪĶ‍♂ïļ But you know what I mean 😂 We're really starting to lose the fucking plot here as a society ðŸ˜ģ
@screem The US already don't allow you to collect your own rain water 😂 Don't joke about this kind of shit, we _will_ eventually get to a point where we are charged money or have to pay money to live, breathe and drink. Oh wait we kind of already do ðŸĪĶ‍♂ïļ But you know what I mean 😂 We're really starting to lose the fucking plot here as a society ðŸ˜ģ