Maybe you misunderstood me. My car can be in New York City and I’m in Los Angeles and I can check it’s location and lock/unlock the doors

3-10 miles is nothing though. With a cell phone connection your car can be anywhere a cell tower is and you can connect with it.

That’s not what this is though. I have a Hyundai Tuscan that is always connected to a cellular network.

I can always connect with the car with my phone if both the car and phone have internet access. It’s also how the “find my car” feature works. And also I believe software updates (OS and maps).

I think op just doesn’t understand what the subscription is for.

Same for me. I have the blue link with Hyundai. It’s free for 3 years, then a reasonable amount after that.

Worth noting that these features appear to require your car to be connected to a cellular network. This isn’t the same as BMW charging a fee for heated seats.

They could have just put a SIM card in your car and required you to pay your cell phone provider for a connection.

Not sure if DMCA requests matter to a server hosted in Germany, though.

Also, as they mentioned, their admins were overworked as is and probably just needed time to go through the requests to see that they’re all bullshit.