The woke mobs days of uncontested power are starting to come to an end and as conditions get worse more and more people will start to hate and dispise them rather then fear them. Once it hits critical mass its over and we are slowly getting to that point, and once it turns there will be a whole lot of people itching for vengence.
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The woke mobs days of uncontested power are starting to come to an end and as conditions get worse more and more people will start to hate and dispise them rather then fear them. Once it hits critical mass its over and we are slowly getting to that point, and once it turns there will be a whole lot of people itching for vengence.
bintananth
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Yeah, it does depend on the studio.
The woke mob would attack me for my refusal to follow through when I pretend to be an angry version of my twin sis.
George Kent just joined his compatriots on my lil' moleskin
Skitzyfrenic
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This is why shit like the Electoral College exists. If it didn't cities and high population centers would make serfs of the rural areas.
There would be nothing but fat, lazy cats who will vote however they're told in the city and lean, hungry dogs on the farms whose votes don't matter. This is what cityslickers want, this is what the elite want, this is what the rich want. And it lets them pretend they care about the rights of the everyman.
And somehow, poor lefties will think this gives more reason to support their 'totally not fascism' socialist utopia. Instead of, you know, the plethora of other things they could do to fight world hunger.
There would be nothing but fat, lazy cats who will vote however they're told in the city and lean, hungry dogs on the farms whose votes don't matter. This is what cityslickers want, this is what the elite want, this is what the rich want. And it lets them pretend they care about the rights of the everyman.
And somehow, poor lefties will think this gives more reason to support their 'totally not fascism' socialist utopia. Instead of, you know, the plethora of other things they could do to fight world hunger.
AnimalNoodles
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A bit clickbaity tbh. The article points out the injustices of how the rich can use the threat of hunger to extort labour from the poor.
Everyone will be doing it soon.
This has been in the IT world for a long time. You buy some network equipment, each unit costing thousands of dollars, it has all the hardware, and the options are in the software, but you've got to pay additional licensing to use it.
It's not going to last chips are pricey and by doing this your making your cars harder to make and more expensive in an era were trade links are Breaking down
Honestly, I'm fine with it. Makes the BMW itself cheaper. For people in the south, they only pay what? 2 months a year? And people in the north might pay year round. The other option to this was a probably just a general price increase of a few grand.
I'm concerned that Eventually it'll get to the point of...climate control? Subscription. Power windows? Subscription. Backup camera? Subscribe. Etc.
And that creeping in to just about everything ot can, not just cars.
It's a shitty trend, I would prefer to not see it continued.
Well, look at it this way -- why should the manufacturer be forced to give you options for free? This actually does give the customer more choices; by having the options physically present but software disabled, it allows you to retroactively buy the options later on, rather than just *not having them forever*.
Mimas
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There's a motorcycle wearable airbag that you can choose between purchasing the detection module outright or renting it on a subscription fee: AIRBAG
Like, I understand that as a business, you want to make money and you've got a good product.
I also understand that a lower up front cost can help some people decide to buy it.
I'm still iffy on putting a subscription option on a safety device. It's part of a trend that I don't like.
Yeahh...not gonna happen. No manufacturer is going to add that stuff in for free when they aren't going to be payed for it.
Bassoe
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The days when we sympathized with wealthy gigantic corporations and their valiant struggle against consumers are long past, we know exactly what they want to do to us and we're fine with attacking them first.
Robovski
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A car is a product, not a service. The mobile internet in my new car? That's a service and I may or may not pay for it after the sub expires to continue the service. Same goes for the satellite radio. The heated seats? They better work when I push the button to turn them on or the car is defective. I am also free to fix my car if I see the need to.
None of the stuff has ever been free? I mean, the previous option was buying the whole thing. Now they find that they can sell you only exactly what you are willing to pay win, which means they can fit the demand curve better. It's the same reason companies offer luxury versions of stuff: they get more revenue offering something slightly different at two price points than one product at one price. The issue is that it used to require making multiple products, now it doesn't.
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