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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Mazda is still good I think.

But they're kinda expensive and they gatekeep features to their higher tiers, that other manufacturers keep to their lower ones.

Hyundai perhaps, but they've also had other issues.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mazda no, they are harassing the app developers who use their API https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/10/13/removal-of-mazda-connected-services-integration/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah but the only thing Mazda charges a subscription for is the extra unnecessary bullshit that is coordinated through their servers. Thats a fair value proposition, even though I’d never pay for it. Heated seats, radar cruise control, shit like that still just comes with the car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hyundai perhaps, but they’ve also had other issues.

I can't find an article about it right now, but I could've sworn they tried to pull some subscription bullshit (other than "Bluelink" or "Evolve+," which are relatively legit) a while back, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

At the very least I believe the only thing they're currently doing is Bluelink (remote find your car, start car over the Internet, etc). But maybe there's something they started in the last 6 months I haven't heard about.