Comment on Tesla issues 5th recall for the new Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview camera
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month agoNot a lot of options there. You either go with an old pre-computer car or get an open source car (which isn’t really an option).
I’m not talking about the infotainment system, just to be clear. I’m talking about the software that controls the functions of the drive and safety systems. If you want an infotainment system that you have complete control over, I’d suggest putting an open source tablet on your dash
Sadly, it looks like most of the FOSS car infotainment projects died a few years ago.
Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Dude I think you have replied to the wrong comment
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nope. If you want control over what’s getting done to your software, you’ve got to take ownership of it, or you might get changes in your fixes you’re not happy with.
Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Well my comment was not about having control over the software/firmware though that will be cool.
My logic is that well tested, polished software/firmware have very few bugs and hence most of the updates they get are feature additions or improvements to current functionality (examples in an EV could be updates making the BMS more robust, tweaking the regen modes according to feedback from the users, etc). Poorly tested, half baked software/firmware will be full of bugs and broken functionality and will lead to ‘updates’ where all the changes are correcting broken functionality and serious bugs. This will be an unpleasant experience for the user and we should hold companies accountable when they do shit like this