I Got Another FREE 12 Months of Bluecruise!!

[Milk-e]

My 3yr Trial ends in 2025, hopefully the generosity is still available around that time lol

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[Dougp]

Sooo pardon my stupidity. We have a 2022 Mache California Route With blue cruise. We use it on 400 series highways (CDN). We have never received a single communication on Blue Cruise related to having to pay for that service.

please update me.

Likewise we have a 2024 Nautilus ordered since 2023-May-08. The options include Blue Cruise. There has been no communication from Ford indicating that there will be a renewal fee.

thank you in advance for updating me.

 

[generaltso]

Sooo pardon my stupidity. We have a 2022 Mache California Route With blue cruise. We use it on 400 series highways (CDN). We have never received a single communication on Blue Cruise related to having to pay for that service.

please update me.

Likewise we have a 2024 Nautilus ordered since 2023-May-08. The options include Blue Cruise. There has been no communication from Ford indicating that there will be a renewal fee.

thank you in advance for updating me.

That’s because you’re not nearing renewal time yet.

 

[FrankieG889D]

Just a curious random question.. do you happen to use the feedback feature often at all?

I feel like that would be a great gift to give!

If it’s good feedback, then you’re an asset.

 

[macchiaz-o]

Just a curious random question.. do you happen to use the feedback feature often at all?

I feel like that would be a great gift to give!

If it’s good feedback, then you’re an asset.

I regularly record feedback. No compensation, but I do see perceive value in that my feedback might improve my future purchases.

 

[worachj]

I got the same deal for a 2023 Select I purchase on 03/10/2023. My free trial was extended from 1/31/2023 to 2/29/24.

 

[Bilyjck]

My Bluecruise trial subscription (that had already been extended since Feb 2023) is about to expire at the end of this month.

when logging into connected services this morning and hitting the renew button, I noticed this option to add another 12 months for $0!!

Thanks for this posting. I just checked my services also and I had the same offer! Same year and model you have. 4,000 miles and no problems, thanks Ford.

 

[Mach Al]

If Ford stops charging for services, that would get more people to consider their cars over another.

 

[eddieparker]

It's a shame they don't just let you pay for a subscription that gets you upgrades. Like if you don't upgrade you're stuck at your latest blue cruise, and then if you want newer versions you have to have an active subscription.

Then they could do things like maintaining an uninterrupted subscription it's cheaper to renew. But the all or nothing feels awful as a customer.

 

[Mantastic]

My 3yr Trial ends in 2025, hopefully the generosity is still available around that time lol

Same here. I checked it just in case is was an option, but it's not.

 

[Roomba]

It's a shame they don't just let you pay for a subscription that gets you upgrades. Like if you don't upgrade you're stuck at your latest blue cruise, and then if you want newer versions you have to have an active subscription.

Then they could do things like maintaining an uninterrupted subscription it's cheaper to renew. But the all or nothing feels awful as a customer.

imagine all the version controls you would need to do and maintain. from a software perspective, this would be a nightmare ?

my BC ends in 2025, i hope i get at least BC 1.3 by that time

 

[TheSteelRider]

imagine all the version controls you would need to do and maintain. from a software perspective, this would be a nightmare ?

my BC ends in 2025, i hope i get at least BC 1.3 by that time

From your lips to God's ears! At this pace, all we can do is hope ?

 

[eddieparker]

imagine all the version controls you would need to do and maintain. from a software perspective, this would be a nightmare ?

my BC ends in 2025, i hope i get at least BC 1.3 by that time

I guess I don't follow your critique? There's a lot of software that follows this methodology successfully. Version control exists, branch releases with hotfixes is an established pattern, etc, so it's not exactly trail blazing to do.

I guess the best thing about their current method is you go from having something to having *nothing* which may make you notice the delta and buy back in. I'd contend however that BC itself is not enough of a "must have" to make me buy it, at least in it's current incarnation. If it ever gets to that point though, maybe their current subscription model is more appealing: but even then I feel it's a gouge on consumers since it's your sensors and hardware you've already paid for executing the actual inferencing - it makes no sense to pay for an ongoing subscription to something already running in your car.

 

[Roomba]

I guess I don't follow your critique? There's a lot of software that follows this methodology successfully. Version control exists, branch releases with hotfixes is an established pattern, etc, so it's not exactly trail blazing to do.

I guess the best thing about their current method is you go from having something to having *nothing* which may make you notice the delta and buy back in. I'd contend however that BC itself is not enough of a "must have" to make me buy it, at least in it's current incarnation. If it ever gets to that point though, maybe their current subscription model is more appealing: but even then I feel it's a gouge on consumers since it's your sensors and hardware you've already paid for executing the actual inferencing - it makes no sense to pay for an ongoing subscription to something already running in your car.

Yea, you're right. We do have that now across our phone devices and announcing EOL or "support ends in ..." works just as fine. I forgot to mention I was thinking of Ford's infancy on the EV side of the business - something like this would probably postpone BC 1.3 even longer ? my bad!

How often do you use BC? I actually use it pretty often on road trips and long 10+ min drives on the freeway. It's handled itself quite well on turning and lane centering. I do wish that the car would move itself in the land when next to truck/SUV though ...

 

[eddieparker]

Yea, you're right. We do have that now across our phone devices and announcing EOL or "support ends in ..." works just as fine. I forgot to mention I was thinking of Ford's infancy on the EV side of the business - something like this would probably postpone BC 1.3 even longer ? my bad!

How often do you use BC? I actually use it pretty often on road trips and long 10+ min drives on the freeway. It's handled itself quite well on turning and lane centering. I do wish that the car would move itself in the land when next to truck/SUV though ...

Hah; I mean that is a fair point that adding friction to their software release schedule might get some disruptions to their roll outs as they stand.. Hopefully they can mature their software dev over a while with all that bluecruise subscription money..

I honestly don't use BC that much, but it's likely because I tend to drive between home and work chiefly, with maybe 1-2 days of light highway driving. And then BC only works for 1/4 of the highways I'm on.

While it's "neat" in my book, and I can see how people with more BC miles in their life can value it, in my life it's strictly a gimmick and definitely not worth the 800$/year.

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