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It’s the law. OTA updates are not instant nor are they 100% guaranteed, so consumers must be notified.
by flounder3 2y ago
It’s the law. OTA updates are not instant nor are they 100% guaranteed, so consumers must be notified.
- xur17 2y agoSounds efficient.
- wwweston 2y agoThe economy of thought that you brought to that comment could be seen as impressively efficient, depending on the outcome you want to optimize for given inputs.
- llamaimperative 2y agoTo notify consumers of safety issues using the existing rails that are used to notify consumers of safety issues?
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoIt's not meant to be efficient; it's meant to be thorough, and auditable, and if required, able to be litigated in court.
- dmix 2y agoIt's also used in warranty claims in the private market.
- lubujackson 2y agoSo just to be clear: - they knew the assist was dangerously broken - while people drove around with this dangerous code running they worked on improving the code so they could say it is now "fixed" - released the update I see how this is the most... efficient... way to handle the situation, from a monetary perspective. But this is not how I, or anyone I know, would handle life-critical code. Not to bring politics into yet another thread, but this is not a smart or human way to handle things. First, you disable the damn road assist. It's an optional feature, FFS!
- _23sd 2y agoI think "power steering assist" here is another technical term that misleads people who aren't car nerds. It's not some kind of lane assist feature, it's the system that makes the steering wheel easy to turn at low speeds. Anyone who's used to driving cars built after 1950 or so would not consider it an optional feature.