But by the way, you don’t have to hunt thru a menu for it, the lock status icon is pressable and it’s always on the home screen.
Lock and unlock is like start and stop buttons. Almost totally extraneous and easily inferred 99% of the time.
Conveniently accessible manual door lock/unlock mechanisms become non-negotiable the moment your software-based power-dependent interface becomes inoperable, especially if that's during some emergent crisis like say a giant lithium battery letting the smoke out.
This isn't just some hypothetical:
https://stealthoptional.com/news/tesla-driver-trapped-in-bur...
From your own linked article:
> Juhta criticized the emergency protocol for Tesla’s electric cars, saying that it isn’t intuitive enough.
Which is kinda ironic to me considering anytime a new rider is in my car I make sure to tell them about pressing the small button to open the door because they seem to find that escape latch on their own and often think it's just a regular open door latch.
Is it the same in the Model Y from the article as your Model 3?