• VantaBrandon@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    People act like subscriptions are a new thing for cars, and somehow mentally gloss over the fact that they have to physically go in to renew their energy subscription weekly, not to mention the quarterly, and bi-annual subscriptions for oil and various maintenance respectively.

    Everything has always been a subscription, you’re just a frog that’s well done.

    Don’t get me started on your road subscription.

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      3 months ago

      I think what hurts my brain besides the babbling, is the lack of citations.

      Are you just trying to sound smart and in-the-know? Bruh, sources matter for such bold claims.

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      3 months ago

      The key differences is utilities you’re paying for the generation & maintenance of key resources - without gas, water and electricity we wouldn’t be able to survive. Road tax you’re helping to pay for the renewal and upkeep of the road surface (among other local services)… Left alone the road will degrade & will become unusable.

      Suspension as a Service is milking what should be a perpetual cost when purchasing the vehicle. If the hardware is already installed, it should be available for the owner to use. They’re not paying for the upkeep of the vehicle, or even ensuring the suspension remains functional… All they’ve done is placed the function behind a pay wall. They can argue they’re maintaining the software, but it’s utter bullshit and I hate the fact this has become a norm within B2B (for example network appliances)

      At least with luxury subscriptions such as Spotify, Netflix, NYT, etc you’re getting access to their content, which they renew. Here you get access to something you should have had access to from day 1.

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      3 months ago

      Today I learned upkeep of heavy machinery is considered a subscription service.

      I bet you think drinking water is a subscription service too.

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        3 months ago

        I bet you think drinking water is a subscription service too.

        That probably isn’t the example you want to use. I pay a monthly fee to get clean water pumped to my apartment, as do most people.

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      3 months ago

      Gas oil need money to drill and refind from sources and car suspension does not, it maybe need to get a check up or replace once in a long while and not every months