• Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      And I would think that before releasing the feature they’d have to get it to stop constantly crashibg cars into large stationary objects.

      It’s probably vibe-coded.

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      21 days ago

      Apparently we live in a reality in which you don’t need to have a product in order make it shit anymore.

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      21 days ago

      You need to sign up for a 3 year subscription to be put on the waiting list for the product that will be ready in 5 years after you subscribed. If you don’t renew after the first 3 years you lose your spot and need to reapply.

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      21 days ago

      yeah the self driving has not been approved anywhere yet. this is “supervised” only

      this just the first step of burying the failure

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      To be fair, he’s a genius in continuesly scamming people without losing their faith in him. Although it’s less geniusness and more stupidity of other people. Yeah he’s not a genius, he’s a scammer. Not even an artist at it.

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    Kinda a crazy move considering that they were charging 8k for “fsd” before, and are moving to a monthly subscription of a hundred bucks a month.

    You would have to own your Tesla for six and a half years for them to make the same return. My guess is that the hundred dollars a month is just the initial price which will drastically inflate over time. That or they are just going to raise prices by 8k and still charge you a subscription cost anyways…

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      Or you get more people buying in. 8k up front looks a lot different than a couple hundred a month.

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        I’d rather just pay it once and have it.

        Like video games. Just let me pay money for the whole game.

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          the problem is it’s non-transferrable, so if you want to sell the car (or totaled it) before ~6 years you would lose money compared to paying $100/month.

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            Oh that’s just another nail in the coffin of me EVER buying a Tesla

            If it was transferable like idk, any other option you get on your car, the 8k price tag could at least be offset by like 20-50% by the car having better value when selling it on. This way it’s just… Wtf. Imagine paying 8k and then selling the car after a year and the next person has to pay 8k too.

            100 bucks a month starting to seem reasonable in comparison indeed

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            What? Purchasing a premium package for your car vanishes when it transfers to a new owner?

            If you buy a premium trim, it doesn’t vanish if you resell the car.

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              the hardware is there regardless of trim. you are paying for the right to use the hardware already in the car you purchased.

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      At one point they were charging $15k for it, and Elmo was claiming it would go to $100k in its final form. You know, when it actually fucking worked. Which it never will.

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        They seem to be dropping the price until they find a price point where a decent percentage of their users will actually pay for the service.

        If the system was genuinely self driving, as in the vehicle could run unattended, it would be worth having.

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          I bought it for my Tesla (back when I had it) for $2500. Shitty decision, but I believed the hype. Can’t wait to get my $5 check from the class action suit.

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      Nah, I suspect nobody was buying the feature. They may increase the price if they get it to truly work, but I suspect a hundred odd a month is what most people are willing to pay.

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        Yes, I suspect this is a chas flow thing. Their sales are dropping. The feature is there, sonit costs nothing to give it. See if they can milk a few dollars. Even if it makes less money on the long term, it might stop the share price crashing in the medium or short term.

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    Then first create the full self driving that you have lied about already existing for the past decade

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    I feel so dumb over here having paid off my current car and giving no subscription money to anyone to use all the features of my car. I’m a fool!

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    On Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call in October, CFO Vaibhav Taneja said that “the total paid FSD customer base is still small, around 12% of our current fleet.”

    Gonna be lower soon. LoL 😂

    How is this fool a billionaire? Oh, yeah. Peter Thiel using him as a distraction.

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        You short Tesla stock? Have you ever timed it and made a profit on it? I know there’s been pockets that it could have been profitable to you. But seems to me that you’d just be feeding money to actual shareholders.

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          I buy very cheap, very long dated puts and am happy to pay the premium