> the risk is that there's some unknown failure mode Estimating and mitigating those risks are part of the safety analysis that should be happening for every p

> the risk is that there's some unknown failure mode Estimating and mitigating those risks are part of the safety analysis that should be happening for every product before it's sold too the public. If there is still a legitimate concern about the possibility of future catastrophic failure, the product isn't ready to be sold. > possibility of thermal runaway etc It would be incredibly negligent If protection against thermal runaway[1] isn't already part of the design from the very beginning. > as after X hours If a completely novel problem happens is discovered, that's what recalls are for. > deploy an updated firmware The network is not reliable. Where did everyone get the idea that the internet is acceptable when safety must be guaranteed>? 0Everyone has experienced network outages. > seems valuable Video games demonstrate that the ability to fix problems after purchase causes laziness. "Search/test for problems before purchase becomes "that's a minor bug, fix it after-launch", and eventually "We don't fix bugs in old products". > sold to management I guarantee that the managers will be sold on the dream of monetizing everyone's "pattern of life" profit, which should be easy to infer from electricity usage rates.