I do own a Tesla. You're not forced to. The car will alert you when there's new software available and even download it when you're connected to wifi (which I

I do own a Tesla. You're not forced to. The car will alert you when there's new software available and even download it when you're connected to wifi (which I never am because I live in an apt and park far from my actual apt), but you still need to decide when to schedule the install, because it can take 30-90 minutes to complete. The UX has not yet degraded to the point where Tesla decides 'eh, you don't need your car at 3am to go to the airport/hospital today.' I do believe there are cases with critical bugs where Tesla can force the update. I have the v11 update sitting on my car and I'm not installing it until I hear some of this stuff is fixed.