[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?

[fomine3]

Windows 10 is the last Windows for client in current plan. MS continuously upgrades features on Win10 instead.