METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a control device for a motor vehicle, and to the motor vehicle. The method comprises the following steps: determining usage data that describes a usage behavior for a respective function that can be provided by a first software provided to the control device; checking, for the respective function, whether the usage is below a predetermined minimum usage according to the determined usage data; for each function for which it has been determined, upon checking, that the usage is below the predetermined minimum usage, providing a removal option for at least partially removing the function from the control device; in the event that the provided removal option is activated, provide a second software for the control device by means of which the respective removed function is not executable; and operating the control device by means of the provided second software.