BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them::The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member.

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure signal lights are a subscription option, and nobody that drives a Beemer has subscribed.

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      1 year ago

      If you ever feel like your just a cog spinning endlessly in a machine with no real purpose in your career, remember that there is a man in Germany who has a job installing turn signals on BMWs.

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      1 year ago

      Signalling is trickle down bullshit that only helps those who come after you. You don’t buy a BMW because you want to help others.

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        1 year ago

        Funny thing is, they do help you. Sure, there’s assholes who see a signal as a sign that they need to speed up to prevent a lane change, but there are plenty of people who will see the signal and let you in, at least in my area. My own rule of thumb is if I don’t have to slam on my brakes to let you in, I’ll slow down for you, especially if you’re a semi.

        Unless I know you pulled into an onramp lane just to skip ahead of the people not doing that bullshit when it’s stop and go level traffic. But it’s usually hard or impossible to tell who is an asshole and who is just using the onramp because they just got on the highway and I try to leave space for people just getting on.

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      1 year ago

      I have a BMW motorbike, it’s a tiered subscription, the level I’m on allows for 10 flashes per month 😁