You can opt out but I don't know of anyone that has. Their language suggests you might not get updates, but I think that language is more of a cover every poss

You can opt out but I don't know of anyone that has. Their language suggests you might not get updates, but I think that language is more of a cover every possibility than reality. They always install updates when the vehicle is serviced anyway. So it's not like you're entirely blocked from updates if you do opt out. From https://www.teslamotors.com/about/legal https://www.teslamotors.com/about/legal Rights and Choices We give you many choices regarding our use and disclosure of your personal information. You may opt out at any time and free of charge from: [snip some irrelvant bits] Any processing of personal information for which you have provided your prior explicit opt-in consent by contacting us as indicated in the "How to Contact Us" section below. Our collection of Tesla vehicle data. If you no longer wish us to collect Telematics Log Data or any other data from your Tesla vehicle, please contact us as indicated in the "How to Contact Us" section below. Please note that, if you opt out from the collection of Telematics Log Data or any other data from your Tesla vehicle, we will not be able to notify you of issues applicable to your vehicle in real time, and this may result in your vehicle suffering from reduced functionality, serious damage, or inoperability, and it may also disable many features of your vehicle including periodic software and firmware updates, remote services, and interactivity with mobile applications and in-car features such as location search, Internet radio, voice commands, and web browser functionality. Our collection of real-time traffic feature data. We only collect this data if the real-time traffic feature is available to you and you elect to use it. If you no longer wish us to collect or share data from your vehicle for this feature, you can stop this collection at any time by simply turning the feature and the data collection off via the "TRAFFIC-BASED ROUTING" setting in Controls > Settings > Apps > Maps & Navigation.