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by sangnoir 1740 days ago
> I really disagree with this on so many levels, and I believe the market will ultimately reject it too. When you’re spending tens of thousands on a car, the last thing you want is some optional monthly fee for seat warmers and navigation features.

Remember when Tesla temporarily unlocked extra range on their (existing) customer's cars because of a hurricane? Software-mediated market segmentation is already here, and has been for a while - I think binned microprocessors are the earliest example I can think of.