Oddbean new post about login | logout BMW ditches subscriptions for heated seats, other hardware features The option was never offered to US customers anyway. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/bmw-ditches-subscriptions-for-heated-seats-other-hardware-features/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/029/840/591/492/952/original/51be45146dcd9c1b.jpg
@872ab8e1 Разумно. Ведь Америка находится на экваторе. (строго не судите, последствия ЕГЭ)
@872ab8e1 I'm still just in shock that somehow it became a thing to do subscription models for car features. One of these days it *will* lead to harm. A hack allowing remote disabling of a power steering module or somesuch thing will eventually happen. The entire mechanism of being able to remote disable functions in a car is just fundamentally a bad idea. Ngl, if I had such a vehicle, I'd disable its ability to even phone home and wire up bypasses to things like heated seats or whatever.
