Comment by graemep
9 hours ago
Once they are established they will require a subscription, or they will stop support after a few years so you have to buy a new car or pay more to get extended support.
Whatever it takes to extract more money from you.
> Once they are established they will require a subscription, or they will stop support after a few years so you have to buy a new car or pay more to get extended support
Not how competition and commoditisation works.
No, its how vendor lock in and deceptive pricing work.
> its how vendor lock in and deceptive pricing work
Which doesn’t work for a commodity. If self-driving fails to commoditise, you’re right. It currently looks like it’s going to be commoditises, with every car-industrial cluster having a couple options for manufacturers.