When was the last time a legacy automaker added a new feature to their cars and pushed it out over the air as a free update? Tesla does that about once a month.

Their software is better because they listen to customer feedback and continually improve it. It’s not one massive thing related to autonomy that’s better, it’s the 100 small things that Tesla has been adding over the past three years that when combined make the overall package superior.

I don't know about others, but I actively do not want my car to download ota updates. I'd highly prefer it to be programmed so well that it doesn't need any patches at all and for the controls to stay the same indefinitely. Actually, a touchscreen in a car is already considered a critical design flaw by me. Give me knobs and dial to tune settings, not some flat surface with zero feedback. If VW can create a car that feels like I'm in a cockpit and doesn't require Internet access, it'd be an instant buy from me.