On: BMW Makes Heated Seats an $18/Month Subscription Service – Again

[kumarvvr]

True, until every manufacturer does it (like with headphone jacks on mobiles).

In this case though, only laws and regulation can protect consumers from crass corporate greed.

[cm2187 → kumarvvr]

Or commercials in TV menus.

Competition should be the way out of those anti-consumer behaviours but these are very difficult markets to compete in (as Microsoft and Nokia found out for mobiles).