• @joneskind@lemmy.world
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      224 months ago

      TBF This is how luxury car manufacturers sell their options. Always have been.

      Space Karen sells his false self-driving option for €7500 as a software option.

      • @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world
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        44 months ago

        Yes, but historically the purchase of an option included the physical installation of that option and its associated hardware. Not just turning on parts of the car that are already in it, after you bought it.

        To be clear, I don’t think anyone is arguing that options should not cost money. We’re arguing against A) recurring subscriptions, and B) paying more money to activate features already built into the car you already bought.

        • @captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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          14 months ago

          Exactly. At a certain point luxury features stopped becoming standard and that’s associated with them being cheaper to install in every car but them deciding to sell it anyway

    • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      “Base model is this, but if you want seat heaters that’s another $8,000$10,000, if you want lane assist, that’s another $5,000 $25,000 and requires a 512GB storage bump for $2,000”

      Ftfy to more realistic numbers