• kevin@programming.dev
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    5 hours ago

    The relationship is different though, BMW is not a service provider.

    A better analogy would be the phone company. Is it their job to monitor their customers conversation and determine the legality of what is being said?

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      4 hours ago

      I am sure BMW’s TOS has a sentence in there somewhere that they are your daddy once you sign up and this is binding forever. Looks like that means they are a service provider for life.

      Also… isn’t a subscription for heated seats means they provide a live service that we need to pay regularly to maintain?

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        53 minutes ago

        All very true, BMW is a very scummy company lately.

        My argument was that primarily, BMW is a manufacturer of a product. It would be a better analogy to a modem company being sued for the content that was transmitted through their device.

        Side note, I think the feature unlock trend in cars is the worst possible thing.