You’re not losing out. I paid for premium for the last 8 years. In the last 2 years discover weekly turned into junk. The music in it didn’t match what i was listening to.
Most of these products are made by individual entrepreneurs or small businesses. They don’t have economies of scale, so each product is hand made, which makes things more expensive.
Easy with one card, but it’s a different story when you have multiple cards. Transit pass, loyalty cards from grocery stores for discounts, credit cards for cash back rewards.
It’s an issue of charging. Europe has cities that are very old. Streets are narrower than North America. Many apartments don’t have underground parking. Cars are parked on the street. There’s nowhere to plugin the EV overnight.
All modern cars have cellular connectivity. The manufacturer pays the monthly fee. Since most cara have gps built in, they always know where you are.
When you connect your phone to the car via bluetooth or usb your phone will trust the car and hand over the data. Want to see that message on the car screen? Well the car manufacturer now has a copy of it. In real time.
You’re not losing out. I paid for premium for the last 8 years. In the last 2 years discover weekly turned into junk. The music in it didn’t match what i was listening to.
I cancelled it during the last price increase.