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  • Nate@programming.devto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneඞඞඞ rule.
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    2 months ago

    Steam says the collection was released August 7th, 2020. If I remember correctly it was earlier in the year that amogus popped off. But, then again, it has been almost 5 years…

    Edit: I was wrong, Google trends shows the initial bump right at August 2020. Just misremembering










  • Nate@programming.devto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneCyberpunk Rule
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    1 year ago

    That’s also a valid possibility. Not a big fan of the idea of an ECU or similar getting an OTA, but I guess it’s better than doing a recall if there’s an issue? Not that my 1990 or 2010 vehicles ever needed something updated in them.

    I hate the future of vehicles. I don’t believe that the infotainment system should ever be connected to important vehicle functions.


  • Nate@programming.devto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneCyberpunk Rule
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    1 year ago

    You’re 100% right. It would be pennies for larger storage. However, that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t go for a smaller size to save those pennies.

    I used to work on a car lot, and a disturbingly large number of cars had an SD card port that would only be used for map data. You had to purchase these cards from a dealer or the manufacturer specifically, and if you wanted map data the SD card had to be inserted. I saw this specifically on some Mazda, Mitsubishi, and Subaru models, though it wouldn’t surprise me if Ford uses the same method.


  • Nate@programming.devto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneCyberpunk Rule
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    1 year ago

    While the implementation of an A/B update system wouldn’t be drag and drop from Android to a different OS, they absolutely could implement the same idea to prevent this issue.

    The likely reason as to why is storage space, you need two copies of the system, while only one is running at a time. They probably put as little space into these infotainment systems as possible.

    If they put more in new models, they’d then have to support two methods of updating the system. It’s easier to tell the customer on the rare occasion that an error does happen “oops we made a fucky wucky it’s on you to fix it”