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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[+] [email protected] -6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months 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.