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    Tesla’s FSD, like almost everything else, is becoming a subscription


    Tesla’s FSD, like almost everything else, is becoming a subscription

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-fsd-like-almost-everything-else-is-becoming-a-subscription-110013673.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEVBsLqcecHC6WDduhb27k-_N6UHKU_dum-zuMbVpPBxwcQwi6lEtwfUEZKDcFn4MU6gbSYqd1ld-sWx4GMkX8u68tCi-5mXPUpXZ8ckcayb-yg6vhj3QG7Y1xM82YtuW2khqxi9HL2M_8LGKn1LALm2RjPsaeUtgb6l64oktlsk

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    2. SkankHuntThreeFiddy on

      Imagine buying a subscription to a piece of software that doesn’t work, from a company that treats their human customers like crash test dummies.

    3. BrofessorFarnsworth on

      Is this the first ever subscription plan to deliver dogshit straight to your sidewalks, strollers, and traffic barricades?

    5. sdmichael on

      Must have been the FSD that was in use when I saw a Tesla run a red light today. Or was it the driver…

      They turned left against a red because they were too important to wait.

    6. azurewindowpane on

      I hate these ones where there’s barely even a rationalization for it. With e.g. Spotify, there are obv continuing costs you’re helping pay for. With this, FSD runs *on your car*. I guess you’re paying for R&D so it might be less broken for future suckers?

    7. ThankuConan on

      I thought you had to have something in return for your “consideration”. Not any more apparently. Fuck elon.

    8. ChocolatePrimary3428 on

      Should have the colony on Mars by the end of the year.

      Who believes this conman?

    9. Curious_Party_4683 on

      Just a matter of time before someone comes up with custom firmware.
      For every annoying issue, there will always be a solution

    10. AbeFromanEast on

      It’s PSD: Partial Self Driving. And with a subscription model you have to be an Elon Musk fanboy big-time to put up with this.

    13. frakkintoaster on

      Mid-way through your commute the FSD turns off because you didn’t subscribe this month and you just crash

    15. excitatory on

      Good. Maybe less people will use it. It should be banned until they at least incorporate LiDAR.

    16. EmergencyRace7158 on

      I’m really proud to have avoided giving this mentally ill manbaby a penny for anything. Never owned a Tesla, never used Starlink and use Xcancel to see tweets since he bought it. I have zero sympathy for anyone who continues to get gouged by him since he went mask off.

    17. p3dal on

      It’s been available as a subscription for a while now. I actually prefer it this way, as FSD has basically no utility for me around town, it is only useful when on long road trips. Tesla lets you start and stop the subscription from the car, so I only turn it on when I have a multi-day road trip planned. I’d much rather pay $100/mo for the 2-3 months in a year in which I will actually use it, rather than paying $8000 for something I will rarely use.

      That being said, I’m sure this is annoying for those folks who do use FSD every day, but I find the standard “Autopilot” (adaptive cruise control) to be perfectly sufficient. Overall though, I can understand the outrage against software lockout of features. Subscription-based models are generally a bad thing as a whole.

    19. BrazilianRider on

      I’m convinced half the people on here are idiots or bots.

      Most of these takes are just factually incorrect, and the only way you come up with them is if you’ve never tried a Tesla and only get your info from Reddit, or if you’re intentionally trying to be deceitful.

      Y’all need some hobbies lol

    21. NeutralBias on

      For $99 a month, it had better be able to drive entirely on its own. I want to engage the system and then take a nap while it drives me to my destination.

      Until it can do that (and it likely never will until Tesla gets its head out of its ass on sensor design), Tesla can just fuck off.

    23. Snippodappel on

      Not in 🇸🇪. Tesla sales -78%. Soon there will be no sales of SS-wagen in 🇸🇪. That means zero subscribers 👍

    25. TopAd3529 on

      Given how I’ve seen them drive their vehicles, all tesla owners should need to take a new driving test before getting the keys. Wish FSD would help, but instead it just kills its passengers (and endangers everyone else) by not using lidar.

    26. LionTigerWings on

      The cost was 8k as an option previously with the option to go on a subscription for 99 a month instead. In other words it took 6-7 years for you to come out ahead with the lifetime purchase. Subscription is just the smarter buy anyway unless you really planned on driving the car into the ground. I’m guessing sales upfront were pretty low.

    27. Tennouheika on

      ITT: people who don’t use FSD. I drive a 2022 m3 with HW3 and FSD is excellent. It’s legitimately a great feature and makes long distance travel a breeze

    30. apiso on

      Look, I hate subscription culture like everyone else, but the amount of people opining in here as if any of this is new and know nothing about the product is embarrassing.

      It’s been subscription for years, as an alternative to outright purchase. They _halved_ the subscription price last year.

      FSD is actually _incredible_; far far far better than most drivers on the road, full stop. I use it about 95% of my driving and in a couple of years, I’ve take control out of concern maybe 4x.

      So, this is no defense of Musk’s politics, or behavior, nor of subscription culture. But acting like this is some new bait-and-switch is uninformed nonsense.