Audi connect now £11.50 / month?

[Justinos]

My licence will expire in November so just wondering about doing this, any input welcome. I have a 48gig Three data sim in the car at present, so thinking of putting Waze on my iPad and using that as my Satnav via the cars hotspot. There are usually 2 of us in the car so the passenger can have it with them and if on my own could leave it running and just pull over if I need to view the screen, just follow the spoken directions as normal. Any thoughts...

But how ridiculous is it to have to do this as Audi have taken something away that was included with my car when I bought it, and think that for £11.50 month, it is worth damaging the brand good will. Massive miss calculation. They have overvalued enormously the worth of the connect system, particularly when phones do it all for free.

[Elansear]

Totally agree, but the world is moving to a connected on, The Internet of Things. No doubt a connect fridge will be able to re order what you use, probably be free for the first 3 years then, you want it to order your food, that will be £5 a month please. It’s an opportunity to make extra money for almost nothing, bet there will be many people who think they need the connection so will pay for it, it will be easer that way and just pass the cost on as a business expense. I’m off to WHSmith fo a road atlas LOL...

[Justinos]

Totally agree, but the world is moving to a connected on, The Internet of Things. No doubt a connect fridge will be able to re order what you use, probably be free for the first 3 years then, you want it to order your food, that will be £5 a month please. It’s an opportunity to make extra money for almost nothing, bet there will be many people who think they need the connection so will pay for it, it will be easer that way and just pass the cost on as a business expense. I’m off to WHSmith fo a road atlas LOL...

Its not worth £1.50 a month, never mind £11.50 when phones do this for free on Google maps, or Waze. Very ill thought out.

[Whippy53]

Couple of things here, I haven't updated my satnav since 2013 and I'm still not lost.
Other marques (Volvo, I'm looking at you now) regularly issue updates for free.
So Audi can go suck choad.