Tesla Model 3 Over-The-Air Update Left the Car Without Key Safety Features

While buying something and having it auto-magically become better via over the air software updates sounds appealing, clearly there's a counter narrative here...

Anybody remember all the Nest Thermostat owners freezing in their homes during the winter? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/14/nest_foul_up/

This aspect of Tesla has always been particularly worrying for me, even though there are upsides.

It would be interesting if Tesla let drivers opt into to different versions of their software, like Stable, Beta & Nightly channels so you could rely on your car functioning the same way it did yesterday, or try out the latest features based on the users preferences

Inexcusable that an uncompleted update disables -anything- ... but CR reported that it did indicate an unsafe condition:

Once the installation was done, the center screen showed a message that said: “Update did not complete successfully. Please wait for a new update to be sent to your car.”

This is why you should not buy a car from a software company. It is NOT ok to play with lives this way. I don't think a lesson will be learned until somebody dies, sadly. The last thing I want is my car updating by itself. THE. LAST.