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teeray on Nov 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rivian software update bricks infotainment system,...

An interesting thought experiment: what happens when these vehicles are out of warranty, and automakers accidentally send a vehicle-bricking OTA update? Isn’t that property damage?

jacquesm on Nov 15, 2023 [–]

This has happened to some Apple hardware, they fixed it for free in some cases but stiffed others:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253315438

With the mandatory mobile phone updates for a few years you're definitely going to see a lot more cases like that.

A thread about Tesla directly related to your question:

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/wholl-be-responsible...

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