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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] 94 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Things that legitimately rely on an outside service are different. You understand how those are different, right?

Cruise control doesn't require Audi to maintain a fucking server for you.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    I have a different look on this, but it's just the way i see it: if a manufacturer puts a function in your car that requires them to run a server then that server is on them, they put the function in there not me.

    I buy the car, it's mine in all it's functionality. If they don't want that, then don't put it in.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    I am ok with a charge for things that require the manufacturer to run a server. But only if that charge is related to the actual cost , and that cost is unavoidable. Regarding that last point: my Garmin satnav lets me use my own mobile data to get live traffic information. Car makers don’t give you that option.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Car makers don’t give you that option.

    Except they do if you have Android Auto. Literally none of that has any bearing whatsoever on subscriptions for cruise control though.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    According to the article, apple car play and android auto also require a subscription. So no, they don’t give you the choice.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Subscription to a cell carrier maybe? I've used Android Auto in particular a bunch. It connects to my phone and uses Google maps, which is non subscription. Admittedly it's been a bit, I suppose Google could have crippled it since I last used it, but I have my doubts. My mother uses it regularly and I guarantee she'd be throwing a fit if she needed to pay to do so.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Nope. Read the first line of the article. Apple CarPlay won’t work unless you pay Audi a subscription fee. I’m not surprised, I had an A3 a few years ago and that already had subscriptions built in. But they came with a 3 year license and Audi UK would extend that for a year at a time, free of charge as they had not worked out how to charge for it. They have worked it out now.

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