Boycotting 6.8

[MailGuy]

What a week it has been. It started out with the excitement of my car's OTA train starting up leading to BC 1.3. But ended with me lamenting the future loss of the driver experience that has defined my interaction with my car for nearly three years. Yes, I am talking about losing the center speedometer and efficiency animations to be replaced by the, frankly ugly, driving assistance bubble that I absolutely detest and avoid. The MachE has always looked best in the evening and driving home in the dark tonight, I have seriously come to the conclusion that I think I will disable OTA's after 6.7. Yes, the existing experience is worth more to me than BC 1.3, and I have already ordered the 3 year extension (now with regret).

And so I got to thinking about how my silent protest might play out. I can refuse all future CSP's. I can refuse to allow a technician to do anything that requires a data connection. Tires, wipers, air filter, windshield; check, change those at will. I can refuse to have mandatory recalls with software updates completed.

<PAUSE/>

Oh wait, there is a legitimate safety recall on the HVBJB that includes a software update. Just how likely is it that update will be compatible with any random version of software on the car? Just how likely is that to be the case for the next 5, 7, 10 years for any recall? If I have the recall performed, just how likely is my car going to come back with the very update I do not want, to get the one I need? If Ford is required to fix these cars, how does that play out for them (rhetorical, I know the answer based upon a Prius recall I refused to have done)? But that does not mean it is right. Wouldn't it be great if NHTSA made them fix my car and return it to me in the same configuration that I took it in with? One can dream...

So to @Ford Motor Company, I just want to say thank you for taking what has been a great experience for nearly 3 years and turning it into something quite the opposite. Thanks for doing something that was completely unnecessary or only necessary because it was likely cheaper and simpler for someone to implement.

And to the rest of the forum, I also want to say thank you. Thank you for letting me know about this before I had no choice. And thank you for giving me an option, at least for a little while.

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[Electric Goat]

I will also stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you to boycott 6.8.0

I have a '21 GT without the blue cruise hardware so I couldn't care less about blue cruise 1.3.

The 6.8.0 update is a huge step backwards and I don't want anything to do with 6.8.0 molesting that screen.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the unbridle graphics and I don't want to lose that.


@Ford Motor Company

Edit: Picture examples on page 4: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/boycotting-6-8.32339/page-4

 

[azerik]

They’ll update it sometime on accident. Trying to skip it will be like agent Smith said
You Hear That Mr. Anderson? That Is The Sound Of Inevitability!

 

[BigMach-E]

It’s crazy that they will get rid of the interface that is so beloved.

 

[Electric Goat]

They’ll update it sometime on accident. Trying to skip it will be like agent Smith said
You Hear That Mr. Anderson? That Is The Sound Of Inevitability!

Never in my wildest dreams nightmares did I think that software updates for a vehicle that I've already purchased and owned for years would result in features being removed.



@Ford Motor Company

 

[azerik]

It’s stream lining development. When it’s hard to do something new, remove whatever is in the way for that developer.
This all probably hinges on whoever did the lane change arrows never knowing the speedo could be there.

 

[Mirak]

This is more overwrought than #tilegate last year.

Fellas, I may not agree with you, but I stand behind you! With a bucket of popcorn. ?

 

[DevSecOps]

Oh wait, there is a legitimate safety recall on the HVBJB that includes a software update

You can have the HVBJB replaced and ask them to not update the vehicle or perform any software updates. A dealership should honor your wishes.

I'm shocked that we don't have the Ford defenders out in full force yet. It's been more than 10 minutes since the OP.

 

[Exordium01]

What are you actually upset about? All I’m getting from OP is some animation on the screen above the steering wheel. I wouldn’t call myself a Ford defender, but this sounds inconsequential.

 

[Mach1E]

Outrageous that Ford would require me to look 2 inches to the right to know my speed!

Oh wait, I keep all the safety features on at all times, including lane keep assist.

Never mind. Carry on.

 

[Mach-Lee]

It’s crazy that they will get rid of the interface that is so beloved.

It was unintentional and could be fixed in a future update.

 

[lurker]

I know it sounds absurd but I mostly agree with the reason behind the boycott. It just screams bad programming and protocols to me. Do they not live/dogfood their changes? Do they not gather internal feedback because external customers can’t be the only ones that don’t like this change.

 

[Stang68]

It was unintentional and could be fixed in a future update.

Wait really? Oy…I feel like that makes it worse.

 

[Plaidfinger]

Bought my 23.5 after having owned a 21 and 22. Spent hours trying to figure out why the display was now stuck with a lifeless static egg in the center where my prior GTPE's had such a cool animated display. To the OP, just be glad you can turn off updates and prevent this nonsense! I'm stuck with it from day 1! @Ford Motor Company please fix this! While you're at it, remove the 5 second power limit

 

[DevSecOps]

I wouldn’t call myself a Ford defender, but this sounds inconsequential.

First of all I was joking ...

But there's actually a lot of people who are really pissed off about this change. Personally, I always drove with the version that they are complaining about so, to me at least, I could care less.

What I find very funny is that people for 100 years purchased a vehicle and you got what you got at the time you handed over the cash and that was it, until you got a new one. Tesla introduced the ability to update the vehicle in a new way. Sure there were map updates and inconsequential things throughout the early 2000s, but Tesla changed all that. So here we are, everyone begs and clamors for updates, then something changes with the update and they complain. Now while I think it's valid to complain about things that are just fucked up or broken, the IPC doesn't really fall into that category. If you look at Tesla, they've changed their UI a bunch of times, Rivian is adding stuff constantly as well. So for all those people who are begging for updates, you got your updates...

To the OP, they updated the UI on the big screen to the current version, which is actually broken. @Mirak describes it perfectly right here. They did that and told us all "it's just a first iteration, don't worry we'll fix it". Well that was about 18 months ago now and it hasn't changed. So, don't hold your breath. They might fix the IPC in 2026/27.

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