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"We don't want to pay for it, please make Starbucks pay instead. kthanxbye" ???

Can this possibly be the official corporate position?

There should be entire 2 semester course in biz school about how to scale without ending up with corporate policies creeping in that are so mind-bendingly stupid that everyone starts wondering if the company leadership is a bunch of 12-year-olds laughing behind a gym somewhere.

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Apple doesn't let users download major iOS updates over cellular data, and that's been their official policy for the past decade.

Why is it a problem if Tesla does the same thing?

More specifically, they prevent you from downloading any applications that exceed 100 MB in size via your cellular connection.

Minor correction, it's now 150 mb, since fall 2017.

> Why is it a problem if Tesla does the same thing?

Because Tesla isn't selling a smartphone that users in places where parking and living space aren't immediately adjacent so as to share a wifi router can reliably be expected to carry into their home, where they can connect to their in-home network, but a car which is a very different device.

Also, map data updates are necessary to maintain function, unlike major iOS updates, which provide new function.

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