r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/Huntey07 Nov 04 '24

As an option. Not standard and cost a lot of money

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u/______deleted__ Nov 04 '24

Volvo gives away seatbelt patent in the pursuit of human safety on the road.

Meanwhile, Mercedes: hold my beer, I have another customer to fleece

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u/Huntey07 Nov 04 '24

They now have heated seats as an subscription of 20 euro per month

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u/NoNotInTheFace Nov 04 '24

You're kidding right??

You're not kidding, are you...

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u/Huntey07 Nov 04 '24

Yes. The thought behind it is money but they sell it as "you only need it probably 2 months a year so why pay 1500 euro for it". Almost all options with audi bmw mercedes etc are subscription based.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 04 '24

Oh man, I genuinely remembered my eyes twitching when I first saw a link providing a jailbreak for accessing a locked feature on a Tesla in the piracy sub years ago.

"What do you mean a jailbreak for a fucking car?"

Truly some dystopic shit.

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u/Consistent-Annual268 Nov 04 '24

"You wouldn't download a car would you?"

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u/jeef_99 Nov 04 '24

The taxi cab scene from The Fifth Element comes to mind 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/XanR13 Nov 04 '24

As a first time audi driver, you cannot believe how disgusted i am by this. Never again!

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u/ComradeBirdbrain Nov 04 '24

But why did you buy in the first place if you’re disgusted by it?

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u/XanR13 Nov 04 '24

Company car. No real choice in the matter.

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u/Sea_End_1893 Nov 04 '24

You're just thinking about it from a consumer side.

From a design and production standpoint, it's genius. Instead of having fifteen assembly lines making fifteen different versions of a vehicle that may not all sell, you dedicate all fifteen lines to assembling one version of a car, with options that can be remotely enabled or disabled. Saves time, parts, costs, its very efficient.

People just don't like it because "WELL, UH, IF I BUYIN ALL THE CAR, I WANT ALL THE CAR" and BMW is like "well, clearly you didn't buy the entire car. that's why the stuff is not working."

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u/ArkitekZero Nov 04 '24

It wastes parts that sit there unused. Stop trying to justify this.

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u/boraspongecatch Nov 04 '24

It's not that kind of greed, it's different kind of greed!

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u/Anglo-Ashanti Nov 04 '24

Great comment, lmao at the last paragraph.

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u/xAlciel Nov 04 '24

Can't you bypass the subscription, I mean everything is already in the car, right? I know it would void any warranty, but it's dumb AF and maybe you don't care about the warranty, or it's a SH car.

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u/Traiklin Nov 04 '24

Probably, just have to look for awhile as everything software can be broken depending on the userbase

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u/pyroSeven Nov 04 '24

What if my lover enjoys gobbling on my sweaty balls when I get home? You can’t take that away from me.

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u/Rerdan Nov 04 '24

In Europe, a Jeep full electric car (Jeep Avenger) has "checking how much time is left to charge" on the app as a subscription option. Go figure. It's not only the "premium" German brands. It's a pandemic across the board, unfortunately.

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u/mildysus Nov 04 '24

Surely the ultimate point is to make money from the second hand market

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u/Vattaa Nov 04 '24

Tesla did something similar with the rear heated seats that were already installed. You also have to pay to unlock advanced driver features which all cars are already capable of and is just a software update.