That is true for buyers before FSD was rebranded to "FSD Supervised". I'm in this group. The situation is more murky for buyers after Tesla branded it "FSD Supervised". Legally, Tesla could charge more to upgrade to FSD Unsupervised or they could grandfather them in (which they very well might do if it doesn't require any hardware upgrades to drive unsupervised).
It seems you have a misunderstanding of what "FSD Unsupervised" actually means. It doesn't mean it can drive under any conceivable weather/road conditions, not even humans do that, it means it will be capable of driving without human supervision as long as FSD finds the conditions safe enough. Even humans pull over when conditions deteriorate enough to make safe travel impossible. At least the ones wise enough to recognize such situations.
Dr heal thyselfOhhh, the irony is think ... but I bet is lost on this one
it’s not geofenced because of capability but regulations. I defer to you on the remote operator stuff. If someone is just watching and has “hands on wheel” remotely, im Agree with you. If however they have some remote service like onstar that they call when things go wrong, and they help out then I disagree. That’s not supervision, that’s just after the fact tech support. I have no idea what kind of remote monitoring they are doing, so you may well be right it’s 1 to 1 live supervision.
Exactly! FSD is more like Super Cruise than a real automated self driving system. Anyone who lives in a place with lots of snow knows this. Tesla being a "California Car" is very much the truth.
If that's the case I'd keep supervised. It's 98% there as it is, maybe 99% by the time unsupervised arrives. Unless it's a cheap upgrade I wouldn't see the need to go unsupervised when the difference is so small. Unless they strip away features from supervised.
What you say here is absolutely true. The one fact left out is that a software license can change the rights of ownership you claim. You could for example, put a time limit after which the feature goes away without a further payment. It could retain a right and obligation of modification that includes potentially reducing or eliminating some features based on the OEM’s judgement or legal requirements. Tesla has had to eliminate features in the past for this reason, and it adds, modifies, and takes away things all the time (see the recent speed choice dust up). I guarantee that their right to access and modify your car is incorporated into the license agreement. Anything legal to do can be legally codified if two parties agree, which we all do when clicking the required boxes without reading the contract.
True within limits. The decision to eliminate a FSD purchase option seems to run with the CA court case. That implies that Tesla will not have flexibility to turn the lump sum sale feature on or off to stimulate sales.
California? Never heard of it.
Youre making up boloney facts and moving goalposts. There is no written agreement when you buy music. For those that do haVE SOME AGREEMENT you assent to, sure, it could make up terms that features are limited in time or can go away without your consent but then they’d have a big ftc problem with it being a “perpetual license” which they would lose. So you’re wrong. Bottom line when you buy the license it’s yours in at least that state basically for the life of at least the device it was licensed to or your life if no specific device is part of the license.