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With old cars if the radio stopped working you'd go to the dealership/auto store and have it replaced. I think a lot of people would be fine having to go to a similar place for software fixes. Remote updates scare me. Rivian had an update earlier this year that blue screened the infotainment console on every car it went out to. It's not hard to believe a similar mixup could happen with a more important system.
I've had cars where if there's a programming update required, they issue it as a service action, you take the car to the dealer, and they do the software update locally with an SD card or USB stick.
You can still have easily updated software without it requiring OTA updates.
It's a matter of time till we see cars bricked. Didn't I also read something about a driver being stuck while the car was updating?