The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member.

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.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    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

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      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.