Not a lot different than buying ONSTAR or other such devices on American cars & then pay a subscription for using it. Just another way to make the customer the loser. If you have children,you have to buy a special seat for each child you carry in the car & they have to be appropriate for size & weight of the child. Discriminatory is the best way to describe it. I lived through childhood without them completely & never once had an injury.
I disagree. ONSTAR is a service that involves communicating with actual human beings who need to be paid for their time.
Heated seats are completely different. There's no interaction with another human involved. You flip a switch and the electricity flows to the seat heater - that's it. A subscription for that feature is ludicrous.