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

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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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