I have been on HN since 2010, and I will never understand this sentiment of "we deserve free updates". Unless you were promised an update in the purchase agreement, you got what you literally paid for.

I have to assume a large portion of the community here are paid software engineers or adjacent, how do you think your employer is able to pay you? By selling software...and software updates.

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inanutshellus an hour ago | parent [-]

I'll counter with "Why aren't you paying your subscription for your BMW's heated seats?"

Fact is, there's a lot of "unnecessary" and innovation-deterring in the "own nothing; subscribe to everything" model you're espousing.

On the flip-side, yes, we do love being paid to continue doing our thing.

So. It's a balance.

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joshuaissac 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

That is not what GP is suggesting.

The equivalent comparison would be expecting BMW to update your car after you have already bought it. It is perfectly reasonable that once you have bought the car, any updated parts have to be bought and installed separately.

But if you don't want to pay for that, your car works as before. That's what the GP is suggesting.

	▲	swasheck 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Kinda. I think the prevailing sentiment is more of a manufacturer recall where BMW has realized a flaw that leads to a safety issue or a critical functionality and issues a recall to resolve it.