who needs free software or getting rid of planned obsolescence?
this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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Shit, my mid-range motherboard has BIOS rollback functionality for cases like this. I'd expect the same out of a machine I might potentially have to, say, deliver a pregnant wife to the hospital in.
Or we could just not wed the computer to the car on this level.
lol first thing I thought of too. I've been in emergency situations where I needed to get to a hospital immediately and if my car did this I'd be fucking livid. As dangerous as motorcycles are at least I know that mine will never fail a software update or some shit, and if it doesn't start I can just bump start it to get it going and then figure out what's wrong later.
I'm no luddite but there's beauty in a machine that's designed to be as simple to operate and maintain as possible
Yeah, for something like a car I need a certain amount of reliability - We're looking at something that could potentially turn into a 20 year life cycle. (Never owned one less than ten years old at time of acquisition, anyhow)
Yeah, but reflashing a motherboard is far less dangerous than reflashing a $30,000 car. Your computer couldn’t kill someone if something fails. As much as I hate this image and wished repair instructions were made public, this may be the wisest move from a liability perspective.
If having an onboard computer makes it that dangerous, it shouldn't be on the road at all!
I would guess that the techbro "genius" who came up with this idea is rich enough to afford an ambulance and didn't even consider that people might need to drive somewhere in an emergency.