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About Louis Rossmann

Louis Rossmann is a repair shop owner and a vocal supporter of the Right To Repair movement. He runs a YouTube channel with a variety of content - from board repair videos, to news and updates in the technology space.

His insightful and reasonable opinions on technology and product ownership tend to attract a lot of attention.

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Unbelievable! Ford Mustang Mach-E's Software Glitch Could Leave You Stranded (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/louisrossmann@lemmy.world

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If a firmware update fails on your Mach-E, you're stranded... There's no backup or emergency boot ROM to at least allow you to drive home.

This is pretty disappointing for a "premium" EV IMO, considering other devices like PCs and smartphones will automatically revert to the last working update if they fail to boot.

Most modern PC motherboards even have this feature implemented at a hardware level for the BIOS, where the previous firmware is restored from an independent "flashback" ROM if a startup failure is detected following an update.

In this video Louis is pretty frustrated about these poor engineering decisions being blamed on EV technology, rather than pointing the blame at the manufacturer's poor engineering decisions - as it allows the manufacturers to continually get away with making things worse, and not being held accountable.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I fully agree with you. However I feel this trend will only worsen. People are walking around with WiFi connected water bottles, toothbrushes... It feels like any modern appliance has a fuck ton of useless added complexity. People should be demanding this stop but I feel like we're in the minority by caring about the issue. Basically all most of these features do is increase our spending and waste. :(

[–] Case 4 points 1 year ago

At a conceptual level, I really like the whole idea of an everything personal area network where it all integrates into more than the sum of its parts a la various examples in cyberpunk media.

The reality of it, or at least this inception of it, blows. Though part of it is usually because if some trivial unnecessary gimmick breaks, the whole device is a lost cause. This is a feature, not a bug, to the people who sell them.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not sure who you folks all hang out with. Most the folks I know skip 90% of that crap.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm weird how if you cannot find a way to be contrarian you go silent.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not sure what you want. I don't have a link, you are just rambling about experience too 🤷‍♂️

Just because a product exists, doesn't mean it's popular. Maybe the folks around you buy stupid shit. Maybe the folks around me do not buy dumb shit which is popular in droves. Who knows 🤷‍♂️

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right I guess I just live in a stupid place. Unlike The Fabulous Contrarian

Just because a product exists, doesn't mean it's popular.

If you're denying the products are on the rise, you're a straight moron.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not sure what your point is...

if these products didn't sell well, we wouldn't see them on the rise.
perfect example of what I mean: I just got back from the gym, where there are several treadmills with touchscreens, loaded with complicated features most people would never even use. They take longer to get started and have more tedious controls. There is a single older treadmill that works great and can be started and stopped in a couple of seconds. Unless all of the treadmills are full, I rarely see anyone on the older one. I feel like I'm the only one who prefers it out of all the random gym-goers.

So yeah, doesn't have all that much to do with "who I hang out with". It's just an easily observed pattern in society.