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Are you ppl mad at Porsche or Rolls Royce for asking for $2000+ for a god damn paint job that costs them basically nothing? No. Because they are LUXURY items.

I just don’t see it as insane. Did i pay for the room? No. Then I don’t get the room simple as that. Do i need the room for a month? I ll subscribe to it. Do I want it for a life time? Then I’ll pay for it. Its extra simple, I don’t need to hire the company again and waste time to extend my house. Also considering it’s my dream house, it means I have a lot of money. If I don’t and I live paycheck to paycheck to afford it, I shouldn’t have bought the dream house, I should have bought a normal one.

They dooooo. But if you are too cheap to pay extra for the seats, they also give you the option to “ lease” it

I get it but let’s think about this in another way. Let’s say the car costs 40000 with them included but inactive. It also costs 40000 without them because the added complexity. The heated seats still cost 400 either way, or maybe even less if they include them in every car. My point is you still end up paying the same amount (while bmw makes a little bit more money) but it’s easier for both of you. Also if you are made about the price maybe this isn’t the car for you. As you said it’s a luxury car. It’s made for people who look at the price for the heated seats and go “yeah sure y not”. You also said y not turn it on for everyone if you have the installed. Easy, because bmw wants more money. Bmw isn’t a charity. You can also ask y not sell it cheaper, make less money on it, if it’s still profitable and it’s the same answer. It may be harsh but it’s the truth, if you can’t afford heated seats, maybe look at a toyota.

Yesterday, on the wan show, Linus talked about BMW introducing a subscription for heated seats. I think they didn’t fully explain the topic and it’s a little bit misleading. First, if you purchased the car eith the heated seats, you own them there is no subscription. They will work for the lifetime of the vehicle. Source. Also a quote: “"If a vehicle is initially ordered with heated seats, that option will remain fully operational for the life of the vehicle," BMW said.” Second, if you didn’t purchase the option, the seats will still be in the car but not activated. You can “buy” them outright at the price of $415, or you can pay the subscription. Source. Also a quote “A monthly subscription to heat your BMW’s front seats costs roughly $18, with options to subscribe for a year ($180), three years ($300), or pay for “unlimited” access for $415.” I think this is a great thing, because if I decide to get the heated seats I don’t have to go to the dealer and may more (man labor) and waste time if there’s a problem. Story time. My parents have a Skoda. They bought the car without android auto/carplay. After a year they decided to get this functionality. So they booked a service appointment. I went with them. It took 4 hours for them to “install” it. Android auto/carplay is a function called Smart link. As far as i know it is just a software license. They told me that it’s also hardware but I don’t really believe them. After the 4 hrs they told us they couldn’t do it and they also DAMAGED the e-call function (calling the emergency number after an accident). So they gave us a loan car for a week and after a week they told us they repaired the e-call function, but they couldn’t install the Smart link function. My best guess, they were too incompetent to order the right thing so that’s why it didn’t work because in a special service menu the car tell you the functionality is compatible with the car. Also if you bought the car from someone else who didn’t need the heated seats because he lives in a hot city, you can just buy it on your phone in 5 min. Also because bmw can make the manufacturing easier by including the heated seats, you don’t pay more for the car and you also have the ability to retrofit but this is a speculation. Will there be people who don’t do the math and use the subscription despite it being cheaper to buy it outright? Yes, but I see that as their problem not bmw’s. Bmw is in the business of making money not helping you make good financial decisions. Also if someone is using the heated seats for 1-2m/year and they change the char often, it would be cheaper for them to use the subscription. TLDR: You can still buy the heated seats forever, you don’t need to pay a subscription. Stop crying.

Pip still doesn’t work, but hey, the error works.

That’s the thing. I have youtube premium. I AM A PAYING CUSTOMER

After watching linus complain on the wan show about youtube and seeing how it kinda made a difference I would like to share a well known issue. *Picture in Picture for iOS* For those of you who don’t know what I am talking about, Youtube made pip an experimental feature (wooow such outside the box thinking). After some time they removed the ability to enroll in program/feature. If you already enabled it it would stay active, even across multiple devices (so it’s an account switch). Today I saw that there is only one experimental feature so I decided to try it out, NOT knowing that PIP isn’t already a feature available for EVERY PAYING CUSTOMER. So at the moment there doesn’t seem to be a way to enable the feature back againg. Thanks youtube. There should be a mega thread for every dumb decision youtube decides to do so they can talk about it on the wan show. Sorry for formatting, I am on mobile.

Well, I kinda expected this result. I was already considering the qn95, but i have to check if it has the dimming issue from the qn90. Considering it’s ~1000 usd, if it doesn’t have the dimming issue, it’s the obvious choice. The asus is wayyy out of my price range sadly.

I would like to bleach my eyes, but sadly this is the current market. Considering you have 30 day return policy and I hope a warranty, it’s a fine option.

Hi, i am looking for a new monitor. It needs to check the next boxes: 4K, 120hz, at least 27”, color accurate (at least ~98 DCI-P3), vesa HDR 1000. I would like to spend ~2000 usd, maybe a little bit more if I can find it ~2000 in my local second hand market. Hope something like this exists.

It comes down to what do you want to do with your device. Are you a professional who does lots and lots of excel spreadsheet? Buy the fold. Do you want the best phone for videos, or one of the best for photos? Buy the iPhone. Do you browse reddit and youtube? Buy either one of those. As @rickeosaid, the OS matters a lot. I have the 13 Pro Max and I love it. I use my phone a lot and I mean a LOT, if i want I can kill it in one day before 7 pm, but it only happened one . The battery life is very good. I also use the camera quite a bit and the cameras are very good. I haven’t used the Fold, but from what I saw on yt, it’s also a great phone.

This may be mor of a legal question, but I am not sure. Anyway, in Eu most products come with a 2 year warranty. If i am corect, the first year comes from the manufacturer and the second one comes from the seller if the manufacturer is not from EU. What happens if I buy a device from an apple store, is the first year warranty worldwide and the second one from apple stores (and not any service center)?

I am pretty sure that I will buy the 256gb model and get a 1tb nvme external drive. I will store my projects on that drive because at 200 euros (yey eu and taxes) for the 512 model it doesn’t make sense for me.

I am thinking of switching to macOS and if I do so, i am going to buy the pro apps bundle. I was wondering how much space I need for them. Is a 256gb mac ssd enough?