Car feature subscriptions make it easy for the government to track you

By Séamus Bellamy

Illustration: Séamus Bellamy

Over the past few years, It's been damn near impossible to purchase an app for your phone or tablet without having to invest, after the fact, in an additional subscription to get access to all of the app's features. It's a charming financial death of a thousand cuts that has spread to several other products. Arguably, none fe…