[Entropy89]

This would stop me from purchasing or leasing any future BMWs. I can kind of understand subscriptions for things that are continuously updated and always work *cough* carplay constantly disconnecting *cough*. But something as simple as heating seats and steering wheel is just plain dumb, and an unnecessary cash grab. Same thing with the drive recorder, if you're paying to have that information stored on the cloud then thats one thing (and should have some free storage anyways), but just paying to be able to use it is ridiculous if its already installed on your car.

And disabling safety systems based on subscription should be illegal IMO.

$88/month is over $1000/year and that just seems wrong, even if you don't need heated seats or steering wheel all year that's not much of a savings.