I am in right smack in the middle of their target audience and they will never see me pay a f#cking cent this way.

It's a matter of principle. This bullshit must be nipped in the bud. Greedy morons.

That's exactly how you drive people away from your brand.

But I mean why does this make you so angry? You're paying for the product one way or another, for whatever business reasons they chose to charge you for it on a monthly basis instead of a lump sum.

For one; it's not transferable.

I paid ~2k for Boost for my Tesla; functionally the same thing. But at least if travels with the car if I sell it (if you find someone who values it properly). Subscriptions like this is just burning the $$. Serious feelsbadman.

Isn’t it the same as the car depreciating faster. AFAIK Mercedes is one of the worst depreciating cars.

There's a huge difference between renting and buying.

Does it matter?

If I were to make rational decisions when buying a car I would've been a proud owner of previously owned Toyota Corolla in a stylish beige color.

In this particular case I feel like being manipulated into paying more and generally taken advantage off. Just like with any unsubstantiated subscription.

Well my fiancée's dad just bought a car over $100k (Taycan), and he hates subscriptions with a passion. Especially this new trend of automobile subscriptions.

A subscription model fire hazard:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/electric-porsche-taycan-catc...

In this case no one was hurt but there was another owner in China who wasn't so lucky.

Haha, thanks for this! This is going to freak him out enough...

Most people able to drive a car like this are of the "only lease a depreciating asset" mindset, so it's all monthly payments regardless.