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How so? Swapping parts can still result in people's deaths. That is what concerned you right? Besides it's not like people have only "swapped parts". People ha
by CogitoCogito 2y ago
How so? Swapping parts can still result in people's deaths. That is what concerned you right?
Besides it's not like people have only "swapped parts". People have basically entirely rebuilt engines and many other systems in the car. You are underselling what what has commonly always been done.
So yeah, I don't really feel like you've answered my original question:
> Haven't third parties been repairing cars for all automotive history?
- bzzzt 2y agoOk, let me state it like this: Car repair consists of diagnosing a finite amount of components with known failure states and swapping them with known parts that are pre-approved and suitable for the car that's being repaired. Software 'repair' consists of managing thousands of dependencies and building new firmware from scratch. Modern cars contain a lot of mandatory safety systems, from ABS to emergency braking, pedestrian detection, emergency SOS calls, active steering with lane assist, speeding notifications, driver fatigue detection etc. Knowing how software companies operate, I presume they got it just about working per spec. I don't know if you can expect a third party to manage such a complex stack and update it in a way that's up to spec and satisfies all legal requirements. And even if that's possible I don't think it will be cheaper anyway. Computers are a very different world, just as car manufacturers are still discovering.