alt Hacker NewsThe averaged-over-usage-lifetime software quality for things like cars or video games is worse today than it was before OTA updates
Arguably the peak quality after a few months/years of fixes is better, but that doesn't really matter because usage is front-loaded
I remember my parents needing to buy very expensive map DVD disks in order to update the car’s navigation system to update their car’s navigation computer.
The disks were very expensive and if you didn’t update them it wouldn’t know about new roads (slower trip, missed turns, etc).