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Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jalkasieni@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe not outright outlaw, but they will be taxed out of existence. Effectively you will have the choice of paying 10k in pollution taxes or 5k for the functional brake pedal subscription, and this shit will become norm.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That's possible but right now they're pretty serious about banning ICE cars in certain states by 2050 or so.