• kinkles@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Or worse comes to worse you can take it to a mechanic of your choosing.

    That’s also what I meant when I said “taking it in.” In either case you’re taking your car somewhere to get it repaired for X hours instead of applying an update at your home.

    A Tesla battery is expensive…now look at install costs. And if you’re not using an authorized installer, you’re locked out of the supercharger network.

    We aren’t talking about batteries.

    I just think there’s more nuance to the situation and saying that cars should be as inconvenient as possible to fix isn’t a good solution to lazy auto software that requires future patching. Rigorous safety testing and regulation around car software sounds like a better plan to me- automakers will be held to really high standards and the consumers will still benefit from simple OTA patches to fix their vehicles when necessary.

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      6 months ago

      I guess my position is if a car needs an OTA update, it’s a critical failure by the manufacturer. They should be 99.999%.