I'm sure that this has been covered a million times. To be honest, I'm just too lazy. But why? I am perfectly will to pay for premium connectivity after my trial runs out. I am certain that the software update payloads cannot even rival video streaming. So why not? What is the rationale? For us living in apartment buildings where the management won't allow us access to their network in the garage, it makes getting the updates, somewhat of a challenge - not impossible, but we have to get creative.