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While the trend for vendor lock-in applies to ICE vehicles as well it feels disingenuous not to acknowledge the differences. The difference is comparable to PC
by trabant00 5y ago
While the trend for vendor lock-in applies to ICE vehicles as well it feels disingenuous not to acknowledge the differences. The difference is comparable to PC vs smartphone. Sure, you get a lot of proprietary code on PCs as well but come on...
- detaro 5y agoAre you sure you aren't just comparing Tesla vs other brands? Tesla is pushing the "smartphone"-style further/first and only does EVs. Whereas with other brands it does seem like they follow the same trend line towards that with both EVs and non-EVs in their ranges (and many would do it more if they could manage doing it, but traditional car companies and software is ... challenging)