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Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] fury@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How is the 3G sunset not solvable by just swapping out a modem module for an LTE or 5G one and maybe installing some new modem firmware? A lot of cars are running a Linux kernel under the hood, so I'd think it's pretty well swap and go

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah, if only car hardware was modular and standardized... And if you had access to your infotainment system beyond touching the pretty buttons...

[–] fury@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Imagine something as outlandish as user serviceable infotainment systems. Like they used to have in the old days. I'm hanging on by a thread to my basic 2014 car which still has a double DIN slot I can put my own system into...some day

[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are these buttons in a room with us right now

Give me my buttons back

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm lucky enough to never have owned a car without buttons - My newest car was a '19 Benz and they LUCKILY were pretty slow about hopping onto the touchscreen bandwagon

However, in my comment I meant on-screen buttons anyway, as that seems to be the norm nowadays :(

[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Hopefully that'll change, iirc the EU discussed about requiring physical buttons for the highest safety rating a few months ago. Idk how that turned out but if it passed there's hope

I love it when politicians in a democracy are doing things for the people.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the question is not if it's solvable, but 'who pays for it?' and 'who can be held accountable if things go awry?'

[–] fury@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The company that didn't see the 3G sunset coming, I would think. I know auto moves slow, but damn...4G was out for what, 4-5 years before development likely started on the 2019 model year?

[–] jwt@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I'd think so too, but (I assume) you and I don't have a small army of lawyers and lobbyists on retainer.