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Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons::Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle's main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

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[–] topinambour_rex 12 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I wonder how he did it. Can you program your Tesla ?

[–] logicbomb 14 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Programming your Tesla would mean that you upload software that your car runs. I think you can't do that, but you should be allowed to.

As it's a matter of public safety, and as part of a right to repair, all of the software that runs in cars should be open source, and should be able to be updated by the owner.

[–] IdealShrew -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you really think the average Joe has the knowledge to develop safe software for a car? Some things are okay to be proprietary imo, maybe with open documentation but not source.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could absolutely standardize, certify, and isolate safety components

[–] IdealShrew 1 points 1 year ago

If the non-critical parts were scriptable like the infotainment system, then I could get behind it. Kind of like android I guess where you're free to tinker, but you have to enable developer mode first so regular people can't accidentally break something.

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