• yesman@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    This is a bad take. Software updates that fix life threatening defects are as serious as any recall.

    It’s motivated reasoning. Either the people making this argument are Tesla owners, simps, or shareholders and are trying to protect the phantasmagorical value of the company.

    Saying “my car’s drive-by-wire software gets more firmware updates than my printer” is not a flex.

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      7 months ago

      Right, because the recall for the icons on the screen needing to be a tad bigger is as serious as uncontrolled acceleration of a giant hunk of metal.

      They need a new name for software update recalls and physical recalls. They both need to be serious, but a distinction is needed.

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        7 months ago

        You understand that recalls for minor non life-threatening issues were a thing before cars were even capable of receiving software updates right?

        This is not a new practice. This is what a recall entails. The term isn’t being arbitrarily applied. It’s a recall.

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          7 months ago

          And how often were they actually followed vs discarded because the customer just didn’t care?