The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions [Update]
www.motor1.com
The 2025 Audi A3 looks sharper and comes with more tech, but you will have to pay a subscription for some basic in-car features.

So far there’s subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

  • GiveMemes@jlai.luEnglish
    16·
    4 months ago

    People like the option to have already installed equipment just not work if they don’t pay the subscription? Like the car already has the features and the company is saying “we included this equipment in the price of your lease/purchase already but if you’d like to use it you have to keep paying more.”

    Even in the case of a lease, this is just anti-consumer bullshit

    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      With BMW and Toyota it was cheaper to sub for 3 years than purchase outright. Yes, that’s an attractive option.

      • GiveMemes@jlai.luEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        That’s not what I said. Good strawman/whataboutism combo, but try harder.