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by sangnoir 1019 days ago
> That's some serious gaslighting

Devil's advocate: how would you know if BMW subsidized what would have been an add-on package?

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“What’s subsidized” is completely detached from the vehicle owner already. Cost to design, prototype, manufacture, pass standards, finish, sell in a dealership, and provide warranty for are all basically trade secrets.

There’s no way for a car owner to know whether their $120k car cost $300k to make or $20k, so how can we have a genuine discussion about the cost of anything else?

The user subsidizes that package with every day of fuel spent per pound of that package.