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Re:Tell HN: 3G sunsetting is remotely killing every Subaru O... by kylehotchkiss on Monday October 23, 2023 @05:42PM (#37991979)
To me this seems more like 10 teams of people worked on the functionality, each isolated internationally and corporately from each other, and had to solve their own contingencies, with no entity really in charge of the system as a whole.

One time I bought a car and the person trying to scare me into purchasing a warrantee told me that there were "60 computers" in like a 2015 Hyundai Elantra, which I understood to mean ICs, but that still seemed like an excessive amount and a product of commoditizing every part of a car.

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Re:Tell HN: 3G sunsetting is remotely killing every Subaru O... by danudey on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @12:51PM (#38001827)
Or "we'll deal with that issue when it comes up" but then it's no one's job to deal with it when it comes up and everyone either assumes someone else is dealing with it or isn't aware of it at all.
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