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Volvo recalls all of its 72K EX30 cars due to software bug that obscures speedometer (www.theregister.com)

submitted 5 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Geyser@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I agree, and what I said is not trying to exonerate the car companies but is pointing out the rage-bait of the news media.

“Volvo recalls ALL…” (emphasis mine), is meant to incite worry and or rage, while something like this would be truer to the details and relevance to consumers: “Volvo software bug may obscure speedometer. X number of model affected/reported. OTA fix released.”

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah.

[–] skyspydude1@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I work on automotive software, and honestly have no issue with issues like this being portrayed as a big deal. I'm sick of how often I'm seeing management push shit software deliveries with the line "We'll OTA it later, it's fine for now."

Screens have been in cars for a very long time at this point, there's absolutely no reason we should be seeing issues like this aside from half-assed software being shoved out the door because we'll hopefully fix it later via OTA.