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>Clearly these owners are getting a software upgrade, which is implementing new software checks to provide the correct functionality as ordered based on their S
by throwaway2048 7y ago
>Clearly these owners are getting a software upgrade, which is implementing new software checks to provide the correct functionality as ordered based on their SKU.
that is some pretty absurd spin
- zaroth 7y agoHardly; it precisely describes what is occurring. Calling it a downgrade seems to me to be the absurd spin. It's clearly not a downgrade, as the feature checks weren't even implemented in the previous versions. I understand what the headline is trying to say, but it's a total misnomer to call it a downgrade.
- throwaway2048 7y agoOnly in a very pedantic sense that nobody cares about except people that want it to look better than it is.
- zaroth 7y agoI think a fair headline would be “Tesla Finally Implements Software Limits for Base Model 3 Package”. Or perhaps, “Free Ride for Base Model 3 Owners Comes to an End”. I think it’s interesting and newsworthy that Tesla shipped the cars initially without the limits. I don’t think it’s fair to present this as a downgrade. What they actually did was give some customers something extra for free for several months.