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The number of people in this comment section that are getting hung up on the word recall without looking into established usage and legal definitions of the wor
by ryanklee 3y ago
The number of people in this comment section that are getting hung up on the word recall without looking into established usage and legal definitions of the word is nuts.
- _ea1k 3y agoI'm not referring to this specific recall here, but, it does get weird in Tesla's case. Years ago, Tesla issued an update that added some features to show warnings in certain cases. It previously showed no warnings because the feature didn't exist. It was net new. NHTSA warned them that this net new feature improved safety and was therefore a recall by definition. Ever since then, "recall" has been heavily overused, IMO. Virtually every update is a "recall" by the technical definition. :facepalm Using "recall" for what they are defining as a safety defect is, of course, reasonable, even if it is just a software update.
- lawn 3y agoMost people commenting on HN don't even read the article.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoDe facto vs de jure definitions for recall.