▲ 460 ▼ The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com) submitted 2 years ago by absquatulate@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 196 comments fedilink hide all child comments So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.
[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seems like this practice is banned in the EU, yeah. Relevant article permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baru@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The Dutch article that they look to doesn't say what they think it says. In Netherlands there are legal implications to change the amount of power of engine after it is sold. The article doesn't is solely about engine power. Not about any other subscription option to enable something. I also wouldn't see how a stupid subscription would be banned by some EU law. Aside from e.g. engine power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baru@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The Dutch article that they look to doesn't say what they think it says. In Netherlands there are legal implications to change the amount of power of engine after it is sold. The article doesn't is solely about engine power. Not about any other subscription option to enable something. I also wouldn't see how a stupid subscription would be banned by some EU law. Aside from e.g. engine power. permalink fedilink source parent