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·
    1 年前

    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·
      1 年前

      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·
        1 年前

        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.