It’s simple you download the their app on your phone then enroll with your name, address, email, cell phone, and scan the vin #. You then pay by credit card through the app. They then can track where you go, how fast you drive, and offer more “services” to you. The salesman has to enroll you and he gets nothing for it or he gets punished. Soon all OEM’s are going to compel“subscription based services”.
This is really bizarre. Probably with existing technology and coming advances, companies with have the capability to do the same with most all devices: your lawn mower, your TV, your cell phone, most anything we could name.
Consumers really need to punch back on this one and stop doing business with firms that try to charge, what amount to royalties, for the use of equipment and devices already fully paid for.
They act like obtaining heat for your car seat is the equivalent of obtaining copyrighted music or printed material.