clearwater@lemmy.onetoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Biden Administration Tells Car Companies to Ignore Right to Repair Law People Overwhelmingly Voted ForEnglish
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1 year agoWhile over-the-air updates are becoming a thing, it’s not going to be financially attractive for auto makers to continue providing security updates for 15 year old cars.
I don’t know what the solution it, but it’s going to be challenging.
Sounds good in theory. But the switchover to electric is almost certainly going to have casualties. Not every company will survive, which means a lot of cars will have no support structure.
Maybe have car companies put the source code in escrow and have it released to public domain if the company goes belly up?
Having the software in my car maintained as OS isn’t a great feeling. But it beats not having it maintained at all.