However, in terms of safety features, you don’t buy a car and then expect to find that to use the ABS, you need to subscribe to the manufacturer’s braking system, as an example.Ĭonvenience features, however, are quite liable to be put behind a subscription or a paywall. In Tesla EVs, if you want to use autopilot on a secondhand model, you need to hand over the cash to do so as the new owner. This kind of idea does exist in a very limited way in the automotive market-in that if you want to listen to satellite radio, you need to subscribe. But how does this apply to electric bikes? What Kinds of Things Can Be Locked Behind a Paywall?
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These are known as “as a Service” plans, and are implemented in case you do not want to hand over the sometimes tens of thousands of dollars for specialized systems and software licenses.Ī very common example of this is via Adobe Software and their Creative Cloud Software as a Service, where you “rent” the license to use things like Photoshop and Premiere Pro for as little as $10 per month, instead of the $1,000+ each piece of software would cost to buy outright. If you are familiar with the Information Technology business, the idea of offering something-such as a server, a complete computer system, or some kind of software-on a rental-style payment system is fairly commonplace. There is, however, a worrying precedent being set in the electric motorcycle market that some of those expected amenities will be locked away behind a paywall. You’re already paying thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, for a vehicle, and you expect everything to be there and working as soon as you take delivery. In the world of motorcycles, at least at the moment, it is expected that when you buy a new bike, you get access to everything on the bike.
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