[perardi]

Or BMW’s attempt to sell subscriptions to CarPlay and heated seats.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/34547/bmw-is-planning-to-sell-...

But still…that’s high-margin subscriptions on top of a high-margin product. I am, currently, skeptical we will end up with low-end Internet of Shit for everything, because running that subscription service requires a big up-front investment that’s hard when you’re selling, I don’t know, toaster ovens.

[nitrogen]

There was recently a subscription dishwasher featured here. It turned out to be easy for the author to hack theirs, but it will get harder over time, just like ink cartridges.