• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    We gotta stop calling software updates recalls. Yeah I get that it’s fun to bash on the Cybertruck but this isn’t really that interesting.

    Now that sticky accelerator pedal… yikes.

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      1 month ago

      Recall is a legal term for the car industry which includes stuff like reporting obligations. So if the defect meets the severity level of a recall it should be called as such, even if it is ‘just’ a software update. Ambiguous terms for safety violations are dangerous and may cost lives.

      • Gork@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        Recall is also the plural term for a group of Cybertrucks.