I think if you compare a modern car with an ECU to a "traditional" car with manual ignition / carburetion system you will find that the modern one outperforms significantly on both power and fuel efficiency.
We could, but we shouldn't, because most software is crap. When the user is stuck with whatever software they got as a consequence of buying the machine they actually wanted, there's no incentive for the software not to be crap.
That doesn't even make sense in light of this article. The user isn't stuck with the original software at all... instead, due to an OTA update, they're stuck in the road.
To avoid power and engine failure on the highway after a bad software update.
Because they work fine without them.
I think if you compare a modern car with an ECU to a "traditional" car with manual ignition / carburetion system you will find that the modern one outperforms significantly on both power and fuel efficiency.
We could, but we shouldn't, because most software is crap. When the user is stuck with whatever software they got as a consequence of buying the machine they actually wanted, there's no incentive for the software not to be crap.
That doesn't even make sense in light of this article. The user isn't stuck with the original software at all... instead, due to an OTA update, they're stuck in the road.