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redsoxfan_goboston t1_itlsyhu wrote

So, a 10x10 area of my yard in an hour... I'll take two.

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GroinShotz t1_itm855z wrote

Unfortunately, you probably can't buy it to own it... It probably comes with a subscription plan to unlock the guided weed killing lasers, and a separate subscription if you want it's wheels to turn... Throw in another subscription if you want it to ignore your pets/children when targeting with lasers.

It's subscriptions all the way down.

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ifarteditssmelly t1_itmj1ra wrote

This is supposed to be a joke but deadass this is where the world is heading and I don’t like it fuck a subscription one time payment all the way

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diacewrb OP t1_itmpvwd wrote

BMW and John Deere are already ahead of you.

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whales-are-assholes t1_itn2n59 wrote

If I remember correctly, some lawsuits are already targeting vehicle based subscription services. Can only see them cropping up more and more as the business model gains more ground.

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stevewmn t1_itoldh5 wrote

New Jersey is trying to pass a law against vehicle based subscriptions. They make an exception for services with a recurring cost like self-driving where software changes over the life of the car might require fees from a user. But charging monthly for heated seats, hell no!

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tossme68 t1_itnl8ne wrote

I don't think the companies care how they get their money but the customers want opex and not capex so everything is a subscription and nobody owns anything. It's just another accounting trick and when the IRS gets tired of this bullshit the rules will change and so will the model.

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1-trofi-1 t1_itowix7 wrote

Rolls royces all ready leases their aircraft engines fkr years.

Now I am not sure about items for individual consumers , but this approach has some advantages. Although to be fair you pay the engine only when it runs and when you service it if it mber correctly.

It allows for convergence of interests since R&R and the airline aim to make the engine as efficient as possible and to last for as much as possible.

The steady income allows R&R to focus on making really good engines without focusing on making a ton of them and just push them around via marketing.

Again this is just for a product without individual consumers as final customers

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_itpoxnk wrote

Don't forget needing to have someone "install" it for you, along with paying out the ass for when the poor engineering or software outright fails.

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