Car options going the way of your streaming subscriptions

[outside shooter]

BMW is now selling a monthly subscription service for heated seats in your car.

• Monthly fee: $18
• Annual fee: $180

The car will come with all the necessary components, but payment is needed to remove a software block.

Welcome to microtransaction hell.

BMW is now charging $18 per month for heated seats in some countries

BMW launched a monthly subscription for heated seats and a heated steering wheel in several countries.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[grainbin]

BMW is now selling a monthly subscription service for heated seats in your car.

• Monthly fee: $18
• Annual fee: $180

The car will come with all the necessary components, but payment is needed to remove a software block.

Welcome to microtransaction hell.

BMW is now charging $18 per month for heated seats in some countries

BMW launched a monthly subscription for heated seats and a heated steering wheel in several countries.

www.businessinsider.com

Not in cars sold in US

 

[PhishPhan682]

Not in cars sold in US

so he can't be fake outraged, bro?

 

[The Vid]

BMW is now selling a monthly subscription service for heated seats in your car.

• Monthly fee: $18
• Annual fee: $180

The car will come with all the necessary components, but payment is needed to remove a software block.

Welcome to microtransaction hell.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bmw-subscription-features-heated-seats-steering-5-series-2022-

Why own the American dream when you can rent it?

 

[VanPastorMan]

BMW is now selling a monthly subscription service for heated seats in your car.

• Monthly fee: $18
• Annual fee: $180

The car will come with all the necessary components, but payment is needed to remove a software block.

Welcome to microtransaction hell.

BMW is now charging $18 per month for heated seats in some countries

BMW launched a monthly subscription for heated seats and a heated steering wheel in several countries.

www.businessinsider.com

I just heat the seats up with my farts. I really show em.

 

[13thman]

I just heat the seats up with my farts. I really show em.

TMI

 

[PhishPhan682]

TMI

really anything he ever says is TMI

 

[VanPastorMan]

TMI

Just spreading the word.....and the smell.

 

[outside shooter]

As a south Florida resident, heated seats are about as useful as screen doors on a submarine.

 

[TomEric4756]

The comment on the extension of subscriptions to ADAS features piqued my interest… If you don’t opt-in and pay you car won’t be as safe as it might be. If you don’t continue to pay, your vehicle becomes less safe.

I think NHTSA would take a dim view of such a development, as highway safety proponents don’t think NHTHA pushes the introduction of technology fast enough, despite the cost benefit hurdle for new regulation.