[illumanaughty]

Owners of photoshop don't get free updates even though they own their computer. Software costs money to develop so saying all updates should be free simply because they already own the hardware doesn't makes any sense.

[simon1573]

I don't agree with the analogy. Tesla manufacturers the whole package and you buy the car as a package. You don't buy the metal from your local car dealer and the software as a separate thing from Tesla.

A more fitting analogy would be Apple charging you to upgrade your BIOS.

[paulryanrogers]

Except they're selling incomplete software and preorders of may-never-exist software with complete/finished hardware.

Updates to things I trust my family's life and health to should be classified like recalls, a sign of manufacturer failure and not a consumer privilege.

[noizejoy]

> Updates to things I trust my family's life and health to should be classified like recalls

But modern luxury cars also feature many components that have little to do with safety.

[paulryanrogers]

If insignificant accessories are properly isolated then I suppose such 'updates' can just be optional patches. But if a media center bug means someone can cause my car to break hard or swerve then even those should be classified as recalls.

[nickserv]

If any kind of common sense is used, entertainment and control systems are on completely different hardware busses.

[a1369209993]

> Updates to things I trust my family's life and health to should be classified like recalls, a sign of manufacturer failure and not a consumer privilege.

To be scrupulously fair, that's true of all software; it's just more important for safety-critical software, because safety-critical software is more important.

[jiofih]

Apple does charge you to upgrade the OS.

[donarb]

Apple does not charge for OS upgrades.

[jiofih]

Not right now, but they did. Snow Leopard was $29, Mountain Lion was $19.

[saagarjha]

I remain annoyed that there is no way to download the Mountain Lion I paid $19 for.

[srtjstjsj]

Why? Did you pay for a Mountain Lion hosting service?

[lights0123]

That was 8 years ago. Mountain Lion came out before even Windows 8, where even Microsoft was charging for upgrades too before releasing the final version (major version, not build version) of Windows.

[fastball]

Doesn't MSFT still charge for every OS update?

[bonzini]

The hardware and software manufacturers are different, no? IBM mainframe owners do get updates for free.

[rescbr]

IBM mainframe customers pay software subscription and support/maintenance fees.

[McDyver]

The software, in this case, is more of a firmware.

If you buy a camera, you get free firmware updates; your phone gets free updates,...

[shi314]

A more fitting analogy would be Windows. For Performance Updates, they don't charge money. Nor did they asked for updates for previous versions too. Adobe Is Subscription based while in Case of Tesla you pay for a lifetime ownership of a product rather than buying a service.

[Qahlel]

You should pay an extra 5$ to use notepad with your windows and no you cannot install another software that opens txt files, if you do, we remove your windows activation.

[jkepler]

Owners of GIMP get free updates (or any other FOSS/libre software or OS), and can improve things themselves with the right skills. Car software out to be the same.

[pdpi]

Right but I didn’t buy my computer from Adobe

[ada1981]

Or my car.

[croes]

You are confusing updates with upgrades. Updates were free, but upgrades to the next main version had to be paid.