Mazda remote-start subscription: Difference between revisions

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In 2019, Mazda introduced Mazda Connected Services, a feature enabling remote start and other functionalities through the MyMazda smartphone app.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MyMazda App |url=https://www.mazda.co.uk/my-mazda/# |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=Mazda}}</ref> Customers, however, were only offered a three-year complimentary trial, after which continued access required a $10 monthly subscription. As these trials began expiring in 2023, affected users received notifications encouraging subscription enrollment.<ref>[https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ "Mazda Connected Services Remote Start Subscription Now Costs $10 Per Month."] Retrieved January 15, 2025. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240806170145/https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ Archived] from the original on 6 August, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.</ref>

In 2019, Mazda introduced Mazda Connected Services, a feature enabling remote start and other functionalities through the MyMazda smartphone app.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MyMazda App |url=https://www.mazda.co.uk/my-mazda/# |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=Mazda}}</ref> Customers, however, were only offered a three-year complimentary trial, after which continued access required a $10 monthly subscription. As these trials began expiring in 2023, affected users received notifications encouraging subscription enrollment.<ref>[https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ "Mazda Connected Services Remote Start Subscription Now Costs $10 Per Month."] Retrieved January 15, 2025. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240806170145/https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ Archived] from the original on 6 August, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=24 Sep 2024 |title=Mazda requires $100+ subscription for remote start after filing DMCA takedown of open source program |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n0AI5aemUY |via=YouTube |quote=[[Mazda requires $100+ subscription for remote start after filing DMCA takedown of open source program|Transcript]]}}</ref>

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-In 2019, Mazda introduced Mazda Connected Services, a feature enabling remote start and other functionalities through the MyMazda smartphone app.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MyMazda App |url=https://www.mazda.co.uk/my-mazda/# |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=Mazda}}</ref> Customers, however, were only offered a three-year complimentary trial, after which continued access required a $10 monthly subscription. As these trials began expiring in 2023, affected users received notifications encouraging subscription enrollment.<ref>[https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ "Mazda Connected Services Remote Start Subscription Now Costs $10 Per Month."] Retrieved January 15, 2025. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240806170145/https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ Archived] from the original on 6 August, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.</ref>
+In 2019, Mazda introduced Mazda Connected Services, a feature enabling remote start and other functionalities through the MyMazda smartphone app.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MyMazda App |url=https://www.mazda.co.uk/my-mazda/# |access-date=21 Jun 2025 |website=Mazda}}</ref> Customers, however, were only offered a three-year complimentary trial, after which continued access required a $10 monthly subscription. As these trials began expiring in 2023, affected users received notifications encouraging subscription enrollment.<ref>[https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ "Mazda Connected Services Remote Start Subscription Now Costs $10 Per Month."] Retrieved January 15, 2025. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240806170145/https://www.motor1.com/news/729233/mazda-connected-services-remote-start-subscription/ Archived] from the original on 6 August, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2025.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=24 Sep 2024 |title=Mazda requires $100+ subscription for remote start after filing DMCA takedown of open source program |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n0AI5aemUY |via=YouTube |quote=[[Mazda requires $100+ subscription for remote start after filing DMCA takedown of open source program|Transcript]]}}</ref>
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