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This is what a warranty is for.
Not all warranty is lifetime.
True, but not the point
It is the point when the subscription is paid for lifetime, but the warranty is not.
A subscription fee might make sense if it came with warranty coverage. If the fee is for using some heating elements you already have, but no promises they will actually keep working, then you are paying for something that doesn't track any associated expense incurred on the supplier.
Is your point that warranty is part of the cost of the car and so they've already paid a substantial portion (for the lifetime of the car) of "the subscription"?
So you get free access to the features after the warranty runs out?
I suppose not, but you are mixing two things: a subscription fee and a warranty. They are differnt things.
I obviously agree that a subscrition model for a car hardware features, even if backed by software, is stupid but you are not paying to have it repaired if broken, you are paying for another thing: the use of it no matter how stupid the thing may be.
OP knows they aren’t the same thing. Their point was that if the subscription model came with promise of repair, maybe there’s a purpose/value in it for the consumer. But without that, it’s pure greed.
Close to my original point. It's more like "I'm paying you every month and I am going to have to pay exorbitant repair fees so I can keep paying for the privilege of using it."