Personally the new S/X has given me far less confidence in Tesla, even more worrying than the 'holiday update'. I question the UI/UX design abilities of any company that came up with that hot mess. It's like they took the most annoying things about the Model 3/Y driver interface (mainly the lack of full wiper controls on the stalk) and instead of learning from that mistake just doubled down on it by getting rid of the stalks completely. I don't feel comfortable with them managing my center screen interface any longer if that is their design sense, and there is no way in hell I would buy another Tesla right now (if I was in the market). Hopefully they come around in a few years to a more sensible (and driver-centered) design philosophy. If not, I am out.
I second that. I got my car Mar 2020 and pretty much loved everything about it, even as I didn't get to or need to drive much during covid.
Then they rolled out the Christmas update, and I blindly just said yes, because all prior updates were fine. I hate it. I
really hate it. So much that it makes me angry every time I get in the car now.
No recourse. No way to flash a prior build. No settings I can change. No customizability at all. Shitty grey-on-grey fonts. Small fonts that are unreadable. That completely retarded car animation now sucking up a full 1/3 of the screen,
always. The browser can't use full screen, even when parked. Maps can only use 2/3 screen, even when parked.
Browser runs slower than it did. If you open the user manual, it crashes the MCU and you have to reboot.
The only good part of this is that it demonstrated I cannot trust Tesla, and it broke my infatuation with them. And my next car is definitely not going to be Tesla because I hate walled gardens.
One thing that completely escapes me is the car animations, that they just extended to the S/X refresh UI. That's now taking up 2/3 of the primary display there, and minor details like your speed and range are relegated to an afterthought area on the right.
What is this for? If I'm driving, I don't have time to watch the pretty pictures on the car animation. What the car is seeing is 100% irrelevant to me. It's not actionable info. Why do they consider this information to be so critical that they put it right directly in your face while driving? I don't get it.