There are plenty of mechanical things that can break or lead to recall, but this would enrage me if it were my car. I spend my working life on a computer, and I’m not a technophobe, but I think I see cars partially as an escape from computer BS. I’ve seen fans of various car companies complain about regressions, losing or degrading features that used to work. And having to learn about infotainment/feature error codes, glitches, code branches etc. just feels like a dystopian nightmare - I know I’ll eventually have to deal w/ it b/c in 20 years even old used cars will be like this.
I know that mechanical stuff goes wrong, and that pisses me off too, but at least then there is some chance that you can fix it, learn something, and have some degree of control. whereas with this, some idiot halfway across the country bricked your car by pushing the wrong “security certificates.” You as a consumer are basically helpless and it kinda feels like you don’t even really own your car…
I hate these updates. If nothing is broken/have no issue with your device and the updates is not a security patch, I don’t see the point of the headache of risking it, this is a CAR not a phone or a computer you can replace in the same day.
There are plenty of mechanical things that can break or lead to recall, but this would enrage me if it were my car. I spend my working life on a computer, and I’m not a technophobe, but I think I see cars partially as an escape from computer BS. I’ve seen fans of various car companies complain about regressions, losing or degrading features that used to work. And having to learn about infotainment/feature error codes, glitches, code branches etc. just feels like a dystopian nightmare - I know I’ll eventually have to deal w/ it b/c in 20 years even old used cars will be like this.
I know that mechanical stuff goes wrong, and that pisses me off too, but at least then there is some chance that you can fix it, learn something, and have some degree of control. whereas with this, some idiot halfway across the country bricked your car by pushing the wrong “security certificates.” You as a consumer are basically helpless and it kinda feels like you don’t even really own your car…
My rule(s) of thumb: don’t buy first gen, don’t buy a future promise, don’t be the first to update.
I hate these updates. If nothing is broken/have no issue with your device and the updates is not a security patch, I don’t see the point of the headache of risking it, this is a CAR not a phone or a computer you can replace in the same day.