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And there'd still be all the already sold controllers, including brand new bikes at retailers. These things don't exactly have over-the-air updates, they are designed to just work forever with the firmware they ship with


> they are designed to just work forever with the firmware they ship with

Is that so? Every time I have brought my bike into a Bosch dealer, they ask if I want firmware updates. One of them was a significant change (changing the "sport" mode to a mix of "tour" and "turbo" depending on torque and speed).


There are stick vacuum cleaners with wifi connectivity.


Yes, but that's not the way Bosch builds their stuff


Are you sure? My Bosch dishwasher has wifi connectivity and a companion app.


BSH Group which builds household appliances for Bosch Home is not related to Bosch eBike Systems in any way.

They're geographically and organisation-wise so far from each other, they're basically two different companies.




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