Subj : Re: BMW charging monthly for heated seats
To   : nblade
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jul 13 2022 11:07 am

  Re: Re: BMW charging monthly for heated seats
  By: nblade to Nightfox on Wed Jul 13 2022 06:52 pm

 nb> Sadly people have been now programmed to think subscription based services
 nb> (or even products) are the norm. I expect this trend to continue. Heck
 nb> some of the high end cars have system that check to see if a part is
 nb> suppose to be in that car and if not, it doesn't work even though
 nb> electrically it should. My friend had that issue with some headlights he
 nb> bought, Even though they were for that car, the serialnumber from the
 nb> headlights didn't match what was in the allowed database, so they didn't
 nb> work. Took 3 months of back and forth from the car maker to get a software
 nb> update to his car (via the dealership which he had to also pay for) to
 nb> allow the headlights to work again. 

That kind of thing is pretty crappy..

Nightfox
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