• unscholarly_source@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I see where you’re coming from. And I also agree with the subscription heated seats.

    I think we might actually be advocating for the same thing lol. I was making the argument that manufacturers should have a one-time price for things that are packaged along with the product (with the exception of features like FSD that requires a continuing service to operate and evolve), but jailbreaking static features like heated seats is fair game.

    However, your post got me thinking… If it is reasonable for FSD to be a subscription model, how are FSD updates different than, let’s say, your phone having updates and security patches? We don’t currently pay for new versions of iOS or Android. Granted the complexity and stake of FSD is greater than a phone, it is similar fundamentally

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      1 year ago

      We don’t pay for phone updates, but there is software out there that’s a buy a version and get all updates to that version, but not a new version.

      E.g buy 5.0, get 5.1, 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3 etc but not 6.0

      Usually that kinda software stays on a version for years.

      My Jetbrains IDE is a subscription fee like that. Yearly fee gets you all major version updates, but you keep it as is if you stop paying.

      Phone updates don’t come for the life of the car phone either.

      Would you pay a yearly fee to continue getting updates for your now no longer being updated but perfectly fine otherwise phone? I would.

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        Would you pay a yearly fee to continue getting updates for your now no longer being updated but perfectly fine otherwise phone? I would.

        Good question. At that point I’d explore replacing the OS altogether with GapheneOS or LineageOS.

        When it comes to cars though, I don’t find FSD an appealing enough value to continue paying (or even begin to pay in the first place). But to your point, that doesn’t mean Tesla shouldn’t price it how they want and people to buy it if they wish.