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⚡️🇺🇸 WATCH - American bought her Mazda vehicle for over $30,000. It came with remote start, that was one of the features she really wanted

Now she’s trying to jailbreak her car because the feature has been disabled. Mazda now wants her to pay $10 per month to the remote start

“Are you f*cking kidding me? It's already installed in my car. You want me to now pay you a subscription on top of the $30,000 car that I bought from you? Make that make sense — I bought this car because I wanted push to start. I want it to be able to start my car when I'm not in my car.”

New buyers got a 3 year complimentary trial to use these advanced features. Now that her trial has ended, the Preferred Plan costs $10 per month, $120 per year, for full features including remote engine start and stop

I researched and believe she’s mistaken. The physical push-to-start button inside the car is free. It’s the remote engine start feature via the MyMazda app you just pay for

Still not acceptable. We need to ban making you pay for features in your own car
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BitcoinconManolito · 3w
As a Mazda owner, I can confirm that point. Mazda, as well as BMW, Mercedes and some other premium brands, are starting to shift some car features to a pay-per- use system from the 3rd or 5th year. Some of these features are remote start, seat and steering wheel heating/venting, automatic lane keep,...
Ryu Santiago · 3w
Never forget that they went after Home Assistant plugins and extension that gave users the features they either put behind a paywall from jump or retroactively for free. Fuck Mazda, and if you NEED or WANT to get one, make sure it's an older vehicle make/model.
Andy · 3w
As has been pointed out, many cars do this now. My Renault Zoe does it with respect to activating climate control remotely. The fee is to pay for the infrastructure including the mobile network to connect the car SIM to the internet. That being said, Renault gave me another 12 months for free wh...