Hacker News Reader

I've _very_ tired of it. If I do develop an app, it'll be a one-item purchase.

Hell, subscription model is making its way into CARS. It's so stupid. Mercedes is doing that... 1200 USD a year to "unlock" power. I mean, for fuck sake. You're spending a hundred grand on a luxury car and you still need to pay?

View on HN

I really wonder how this is going to play out in the auto industry. Adobe can get away away with a lot because a number of their products, namely Photoshop, has no real competition. I would rather have Photoshop from 2005 than today's GIMP.

This dynamic does not exist in the auto market. 4 companies compete for just German luxury (in the US), with dozens of viable options in the broader luxury sector. Actually rolling out subscription based lockouts of on board features just seems like suicide.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com