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These efforts are being pushed by car dealership groups who apply pressure on legislatures to block anything that reduces the need to bring cars in for servicin
by Tagbert 5y ago
These efforts are being pushed by car dealership groups who apply pressure on legislatures to block anything that reduces the need to bring cars in for servicing or other efforts for manufacturers to sells directly to customers (aka Tesla).
- kitsunesoba 5y agoYes, this is not coming from a place of desire for consumer freedom or protection. It’s yet another attempt at keeping an antiquated and unnecessary model (dealerships) alive and relevant. People absolutely should be able to switch off OTA updates, but there’s absolutely no need for a third party (such as dealerships) to be involved. Dealerships also don’t want you to be able to update your car’s software on your own, which is anti-consumer. So in my mind this legislation shouldn’t be supported. Regulations requiring user control of automotive software should be coming from the angle of right to repair, which benefits buyers instead of dealers.