Automakers are increasingly obsessed with turning everything into a subscription service in a bid to boost quarterly returns. We’ve noted how BMW has embraced making heated seats and other fea…
  • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    11 个月前

    Remind me how subscription services translate to more manufacturing jobs.

    Hell, half the point of the strike was that the corpos were keeping too much and not giving out raises

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
      22·
      11 个月前

      If every car has a seat warmer then you have to manufacture more seat warmers. Supposedly that implies in more work. But I’m sure the companies will find a way around it.

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        11 个月前

        If every car has it you only need to make one kind of seat and you only need one assembly line to install that type of seat. That’s less jobs overall.