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The fuck it is. You offer car features at time of sale. And if you want me to like your brand, at best you offer OTA or wifi updating for free to enhance the experience, and make me want to buy your next car.
You try and nickel and dime me for shit technology that has been around for 20 years, and I could give two fucks. I'll plug in my phone, ignore your entire. Infotainment and actively campaign for it to fail and blow up in your face.
This sounds kind of funny. "I'll spend $60,000 on your car but I won't turn on the radio. That'll show you!"
More like "if this car is otherwise the best option, I'll go for it, but your policies are actively having me court your compeititors and damaging brand loyalty."
Maybe. I feel like it's going to be kind of hard to make them care if you're still buying their product though.
It is never "otherwise the best option" because abusive tactics like this are instantly and totally disqualifying. Period.
The line must be drawn here.
radio does suck, but its also a vital information system during emergencies. what liabilities does a manufacturer open themselves up to by refusing access to a potentially lifesaving device?
I think you might have misunderstood the post? There wasn't anything about the manufacturer disabling the radio. The person I replied to said they'd choose not to use the car's fancy features and I thought it was funny they'd do that to "spite" the manufacturer after giving them a whole bunch of money.