The real indicator of “Late Stage Capitalism” is that everything is now a subscription

I get subscription based models to make revenue steadier. Some are absurd though, like the heated seats subscription

exactly, if the consumers respond how they should, it will go away quickly

It’s not that easy for farmers.

Best part about subscriptions is there are no switching costs. You just turn it off

Heated seat is a bridge too far for me

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How soon until we see a subscription required to enter a grocery store?

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Once gov't has total control and is paying for everyone's everything, the large crowd won't like what they aren't authorized to buy. For every reason this future is dismal for me, it will be fun watching all the lackeys that helped it along get the real life education that history books would have afforded them.

I disagree.

There's been a form of this in the video gaming world that became popular a decade-ish ago; the micro-transactions. Instead of paying a sub for a game each month, the base game is free and you can buy perks. Sometimes it's merely cosmetic (a fancy new sword graphic, for instance) and sometimes it's Pay-2-Win (P2W - buying new spells, abilities, gear with better stats, etc).

When this first came out, gamers were splooging themselves constantly because they thought "oh, look!! I get the game for free and can just buy the things I want). It turned out that businesses like free/easy money too so more and more things became purchasable through micro-transactions to the point where many were paying more for their game than they would through a sub (where everything was free with a sub) or they're paying a larger cumulative amount for games in general because they are now playing more games because they are "free".

For many, subscriptions are simply the new thing. Lots of people are making lots of money nickel & diming everyone else for creature comforts, but there's an eventual pushback point where consumers start realizing they are getting nickeled and dimed to death. At that point they begin to push back and alternatives come into play (at least in a solidly capitalist system).

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How soon until we see a subscription required to enter a grocery store?

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Want your groceries brought out to your car?
Want more fuel points?

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I think the point in the OP is that it’s gone from a few very specific examples to being much more widespread now.

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Which is what happened with micro-transactions. This is what happens when something new that makes tons of cash hits the market. It may never disappear completely but it will wane once consumers move to alternatives.