New Tires -- Break-in?

Seems to me that all things I learned as a teen hot-rodder have changed. Seems no one follows break-in periods for new cars -- except me -- and I never hear about break-in for new tires -- or brakes for that matter.

With new tires, I learned to try to never drive over 50 mph and try to avoid hard, abrupt stops and jackrabbit take-offs, as well as avoid bumps and potholes for the first 50 miles.

Never been told that when I buy tires, but as I just bought new Michelin CrossClimate2's for wifey's Subaru Crosstrek, I will repeat that to her and probably be ignored.

I did do some googling, though and found Continental gives sort of the same advice, but they recommend 500 miles! They also recommend only driving on dry roads for that period -- guess that means only replace tires in the summer in the Pacific Northwest and hope for no summer showers.

Like A Pair Of Shoes, Tires Need To Be Broken In Too | Continental Tire