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When Everything Becomes A Subscription: BMW's Broken Business

BMW tried to turn a hundred thousand dollar car into a monthly payment machine. Heated seats were already in the car, wired up and ready, but BMW locked them behind a subscription. Eighteen bucks a month to warm a seat you already paid for. They called it flexibility. Everyone else called it paying twice. The outrage hit fast, memes blew up, and BMW became the face of a growing fear in the car world. A future where every feature is hidden behind some pointless paywall. Other automakers were doing the same thing, but BMW took the hit because it crossed a line. People will tolerate subscriptions when they feel like real services that cost money to run. Data plans, maps, cloud features. BMW tried to charge recurring revenue for hardware with almost zero cost and it tanked. Adoption was terrible, their stock dipped, and they quietly killed the idea. The whole thing shows a simple truth. People hate feeling squeezed, especially in a luxury car. And once trust breaks, it takes a lot more than warm seats to fix it. LinkedIn:   / hariharan-jayakumar-silo   Instagram:   / hariharan.jayakumar   Timestamps: 0:00 - BMW Gets Greedy 0:38 - Adding “Choice” 3:42 - Double-Charging 7:14 - Services vs. Paywalls Resources: https://pastebin.com/WNg65C3s