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BMW Adaptive Suspension Can Be Added via Subscription. Suspension As A Service (SAAS) (www.bmwblog.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That strategy repeatedly fails, companies in the same market will see it extracting more profit and start doing it too.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then don't buy their products either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just don't buy any car if they all do this in the future? People need a better answer, don't find comfort in "just don't buy it".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How about you just stop consoooming. There will always be cars without this and if there aren't: there are more sustainable modes of transportation anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

There's DRM in public trains now. It's not just cars, it's every industry with electronic device running software.