The changes in the firmware update model may have more to do with M providing a compelling reason for existing owners to contact a dealer thus generating potential product sales/service opportunity to the dealer. Registering an update interest with M results in dealer lead generation. Think of this in relation to how compelling M's marketing usually is for dealers.

Personally I think the other reason floated just provided a convenient smoke screen to justify a change.

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