POLL - How much would you pay for Porsche Connect

[JustWatching]

Just curious what the right price point for Porsche Connect is.
Did a quick search and did not find another poll.

Poll in US Dollars

adding new instructions:


To make this poll more useful, please only select free if you refuse to renew at any cost other than free.

choose other options as the max you are willing to renew at.

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[violuma]

I would like an option to cast a protest vote for zero, on the grounds that auto manufacturers should not be able to extort ongoing subscription money for what is arguably core functionality of a vehicle.

 

[JustWatching]

I would like an option to cast a protest vote for zero, on the grounds that auto manufacturers should not be able to extort ongoing subscription money for what is arguably core functionality of a vehicle.

Fair enough, added

 

[Dabz]

I voted "It should be free" because I believe it should be, but I am also happy to pay whatever it costs because protesting and refusing to pay drastically reduces the functionality of the car for me - pre-condition, checking battery charge, using Google search etc are all important to me

 

[hrtlik]

It really should be free in an expensive car like a Taycan for a lifetime. Other brands charge about 100-150 USD/year and some has basic functionality (charging, AC, heating) for free so Porsche should at least match it. But they know that their customers have money so they milk without offering any premium functionality.

 

[whitex]

Of course people would like it for free. However most will pay the current price, so that means it's worth it to them, despite their protests.

I would like to offer a counter point to free. If something is free, there is absolutely no incentive to keep it running well. Yea, I know, brand image, etc. but that means marketing needs to now include maintenance of cloud servers and apps and car firmware in their "brand image" budget. Yes, turns out people don't want to work for free, electricity and internet is not free, hardware is not free. Maintaining internet connected devices to keep then secure for 20+ years is actually REALLY expensive (go ahead, show me a 20 year old cell phone which is secure today, or a PC, or any other internet connected device produced 20+ years ago which can still stay secure on today's internet). Put it this way, if a free service is out, you can get your $0 back for each day of however many weeks or months it's broken. On the flip side, if you pay for a service, there is a financial incentive to keep things working, because if you have to refund everyone, you lose money.

 

[Murph7355]

Need to be able to select multiple options.

I just renewed at £269 because I wanted some of the functionality that stopped when my contract lapsed.

But on a car this expensive, it should be free. Yes tech is not free. But equally the cost is marginal when considering the bumming we get on purchase price, service costs, warranty costs etc.

 

[whitex]

Need to be able to select multiple options.

I just renewed at £269 because I wanted some of the functionality that stopped when my contract lapsed.

But on a car this expensive, it should be free. Yes tech is not free. But equally the cost is marginal when considering the bumming we get on purchase price, service costs, warranty costs etc.

Porsche included 10 years in the price of 2026 Taycans. Customers are just pre-paying up front (2026 is more expensive than prior years). I suspect there will not be renewals after 10 years - too expensive to keep secured on decade old hardware. For 7x$319 you can have prepaid 10 years total too.

 

[Scandinavian]

I think about 100 USD or equivalent in other currencies is reasonable. There is a cost to have the connectivity through a mobile operator, with roaming like here in Europe, but after that the costs are quite small. Compare with Apple music, or ABRP. There’s a subscription price but nowhere near as excessive as Porsche! And their apps and services work! I have never had any downtime or issues Theresa I have had with Porsche Connect! 25 Euros for me per month is just not worth it.

Waze, Google Maps and Apple Maps are providing better service for navigation etc and they are free.

My car from 2020 can not even do any remote control apart from preheating! It can not even do a basic thing like honk the horn!

 

[JustWatching]

To make this poll more useful, please only select free if you refuse to renew at any cost other than free.

choose other options as the max you are willing to renew at.

 

[MrJones02]

For an EV I do feel like being able to check charging status and battery percentage should be considered basic functionality and would expect this to be included for at least 10 years.

I understand nothing is free, it will get added somewhere in the base-price, maybe have it renew for another 2 years each time you bring in your car for service, you'll still pay for it somehow but at least it doesn't feel like they are nickle-and-diming you.

$319/yr is not worth it to me personally, most of the stuff in the connect bundle I don't use/want/need.
Need a basic-connect option, with only battery-info and remote preconditioning for $31.90/yr, I'd probably go for that.

 

[Watchesandburgers]

I'll likely succumb to the $319/yr rate because I like the remote functionality. That said, $100 or maybe $150 is much more reasonable, especially considering the profit margin on something like this. It's literally the price we pay for owning a luxury car.

 

[violuma]

If something is free, there is absolutely no incentive to keep it running well.

I think that depends in part on exactly *why* it's free. For example, Costco uses the revenue it gets from memberships to be able to keep its retail prices lower than competitors. All other considerations aside, that's fair, because consumers can decide how much that membership is worth to them and how much they can amortize its cost across their regular purchases at that retailer.

California has decided that there is a societal benefit to allowing all consumers to access all pharmacies, without being required to pay subscription fees. This prevents large chains from using "'embrace and extinguish" to eliminate competition and then demand communities pay to access prescription medicine.

As a result, I can walk up to the door at Costco and say the magic word "pharmacy", and they have to let me in without a membership card. This has not resulted in a noticeable decline in the quality of service at Costco pharmacy counters, as far as I can tell.

 

[f1eng]

I shall renew and I would prefer it to be free, but free software with free updates is only worth nothing too.

 

[chun]

but free software with free updates is only worth nothing too.

As opposed to paid software, that rarely works and with rare updates, in the case of Porsche.

I am all for premium prices, if they are charged for premium service. Displaying a % is hardly premium, and neither is starting clima in the car. It's basic functionality that many other brands do for free.

My point is, let's stop saying: free = shit quality.

Because right now we pay premium for shit quality

And again, it's bullshit like this for which Porsche is dying in China. EVs there release with 50x more capable software, and shockingly, it's free.

Premium prices should come with premium services, and for porsche that's no longer the case. So i'd much rather have it for free, since it's clearly already as shit as it can be just above the line of having them be ridiculed in car ads like in the good old days

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