Palm went under, now Pebble is being bought by Fitbit and no more watches. So what happens when you pay a gazillion dollars for a new self driving car only to have the manufacturer merge, go under, give up, meaning no software updates or upgrades in the future?
Think the public will buy that?
That's my response whenever someone mentions that Tesla has "software upgrades for life." How long is that? Especially Tesla.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/06/technology/elon-musk-tesla-profit/