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Beep lemmus.org Beep@lemmus.org
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Joe discuss.tchncs.de jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de
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They rolled this update out mid-journey, and I had to scramble to swap seats with the manequin driver. Not cool, Elon.

Not. Cool.

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mrnobody reddthat.com mrnobody@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-01-08
#3 · Quote Reply

Fuck Tesla and any/every other automaker for switching to subscription-based anything for features. As if the fuckstick hasn't already raped people on price enough as it is. The board is completely lost and a bunch of idiots to keep fumbling over Lord Elon's decisions.

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Zwuzelmaus feddit.org Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

I think this could be legally interesting (I'm no expert), because with the different kind of contract the lessor's duties change. Especially regarding bugs or mistakes of the vehicle.

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mannycalavera feddit.uk mannycalavera@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-02
#5 · Quote Reply

LOL who are these idiots buying their crappy cars? You only have yourselves to blame. Elon is just playing you like a fiddle.

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Somecall_metim lemmy.dbzer0.com Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-20
#6 · Quote Reply

Well that should cut down on the deaths and the lawsuits from those deaths at least.

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Zwuzelmaus feddit.org Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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#7 · Quote Reply

LOL who are these idiots buying their crappy cars? You only have yourselves to blame. Elon is just playing you like a fiddle.

Elon is just playing you like a fiddle.

Fiddles? More like grains of sand on the beach...

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mannycalavera feddit.uk mannycalavera@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-07-02
#8 · Quote Reply

Elon is just playing you like a fiddle. Fiddles? More like grains of sand on the beach...

Err... is... is the expression "playing you like grains of sand on the beach"?

😅🤣😂

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StrongHorseWeakNeigh piefed.social StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-14
#9 · Quote Reply

Tesla is already a failing company. This will only accelerate their decline.

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Soulphite reddthat.com Soulphite@reddthat.com
Joined: 2025-12-15
#10 · Quote Reply

Err... is... is the expression "playing you like grains of sand on the beach"? 😅🤣😂

Yeah, I was lost on that one too...

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ParlimentOfDoom piefed.zip ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-09-26
#11 · Quote Reply

Elon is just playing you like a fiddle. Fiddles? More like grains of sand on the beach...

I don't think you understand how idioms work

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rushmonke ttrpg.network rushmonke@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2026-02-16
#12 · Quote Reply

LOL who are these idiots buying their crappy cars? You only have yourselves to blame. Elon is just playing you like a fiddle.

The people who went to business school and make sure everything is priced as high as possible.

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Ulrich feddit.org Ulrich@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-12-22
#13 · Quote Reply

LOL who are these idiots buying their crappy cars? You only have yourselves to blame. Elon is just playing you like a fiddle.

I have Autopilot on mine (2020). I've asked them at the shop to remove it and reinstall basic cruise control and they refused, and I'm jealous. Autopilot suuuucks. I went on a 1200 mile road trip through North Texas. The whole time the car thought the speed limit was 55 when it was actually 75, and it refused to go any faster, so I had to drive for hours with no cruise control. It sucked.

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unfortunate_ferret piefed.ca obelisk_complex@piefed.ca
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ExcessShiv lemmy.dbzer0.com ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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The only cases I've heard that fit this, is some of the old model S where "free supercharging" got removed from vehicles that were resold through Tesla.

Do you have a link to cases where functionality actually got removed from vehicles sold privately directly? I wouldn't be surprised if it happened, I just haven't heard of any.

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unfortunate_ferret piefed.ca obelisk_complex@piefed.ca
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#16 · (edited) Quote Reply

The only cases I've heard that fit this, is some of the old model S where "free supercharging" got removed from vehicles that were resold through Tesla. Do you have a link to cases where functionality actually got removed from vehicles sold privately directly? I wouldn't be surprised if it happened, I just haven't heard of any.
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ExcessShiv lemmy.dbzer0.com ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-04-23
#17 · Quote Reply

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Yeah they probably could, like all manufactures can these days, but I haven't heard of it actually happening outside of them going back in to Tesla to be resold. Directly from person to person they retain features and even free supercharge access.

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CosmoNova lemmy.world CosmoNova@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#18 · Quote Reply

Evil company does evil shit. Then again roads will be safer if fewer people have access to it and more annoyed drivers could potentially be a good advertisement for public transport. It‘s not all bad.

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AnUnusualRelic lemmy.world AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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#19 · Quote Reply

But... I thought Tesla didn't have full self driving.

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scala lemmy.ml scala@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-10
#20 · Quote Reply

If they want a subscription based car. Then at the very least I want to "rent" a car under that subscription, and not just one car. Whatever car I choose and for how ever long I want.

Oh that will never happen? Cool I'll keep my 20+ year old car with no data gathering.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
#21 · Quote Reply

If they want a subscription based car. Then at the very least I want to "rent" a car under that subscription, and not just one car. Whatever car I choose and for how ever long I want. Oh that will never happen? Cool I'll keep my 20+ year old car with no data gathering.

That's called car sharing, and exists in a lot of places.

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18107 aussie.zone 18107@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-04
#22 · Quote Reply

You can't get a refund if you've been paying a subscription for a missing product.

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ILikeBoobies lemmy.ca ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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#23 · Quote Reply

But... I thought Tesla didn't have full self driving.

It's what they call their lane-assist/cruise control.

They were supposed to stop using the term but the article might not be caught up.

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SacralPlexus lemmy.world SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#24 · (edited) Quote Reply

I have Autopilot on mine (2020). I've asked them at the shop to remove it and reinstall basic cruise control and they refused, and I'm jealous. Autopilot suuuucks. I went on a 1200 mile road trip through North Texas. The whole time the car thought the speed limit was 55 when it was actually 75, and it refused to go any faster, so I had to drive for hours with no cruise control. It sucked.

There is a setting in the menu where you can deactivate autopilot/FSD yourself and instead have a normal cruise control function.

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HootinNHollerin lemmy.dbzer0.com HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-08
#25 · Quote Reply

Full Self Fraud

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maplesaga lemmy.world maplesaga@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-30
#26 · Quote Reply

It's what they call their lane-assist/cruise control. They were supposed to stop using the term but the article might not be caught up.

I've used and and it seems like full self driving. Maybe that's why it keeps killing people.

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XeroxCool lemmy.world XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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#27 · Quote Reply

That's called car sharing, and exists in a lot of places.

Or leasing

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XeroxCool lemmy.world XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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#28 · Quote Reply

I've used and and it seems like full self driving. Maybe that's why it keeps killing people.

Destination to destination? Stop signs, residential corners, merges, and blind mountain corners? In fog and road spray?

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XeroxCool lemmy.world XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

LOL who are these idiots buying their crappy cars? You only have yourselves to blame. Elon is just playing you like a fiddle.

100 million Americans are screaming Elon/Tesla is a business to avoid at all costs. 100 million Americans are screaming that EVs are a vehicle type to avoid at all costs. 100 million Americans do not scream, do not post, and do not have any higher opinion about the cars beyond being cool, cheap to fuel, or quiet.

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SocialMediaRefugee lemmy.world SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
#30 · (edited) Quote Reply

You don't own a tesla, you just borrow it.

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3abas lemmy.world 3abas@lemmy.world
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#31 · Quote Reply

Destination to destination? Stop signs, residential corners, merges, and blind mountain corners? In fog and road spray?

I bought my model 3 with fsd in 2019, back when the only thing Elon talked about publicly was the push to increase ev adoption. Always hated the guy, but loved the car. Again this was before he came out as a full blown Nazi.

Not defending him, I think he's a moron who hired really smart engineers to build a great car. I think his drug addiction and Nazism and stupid decisions have ruined the company, and fuck it I don't even care about it anymore. Fuck Nazi Elon.

That out of the way, yes. Destination to destination, day or night, rain or shine, stop signs, lights, roundabouts, u turns, merges, overtaking, bridges, tunnels, pedestrians jaywalking, handles it all.

It's not perfect, while it slows down in school zones, it doesn't actually read the posted speed sign and goes faster than it should, it does weird decisions and jerky moves at very low speed in parking lots, of the address you entered is not a coordinate of the parking lot, it will pull over and disengage on the road in front of the building regardless of whether that's allowed there. It does still make some mistakes occasionally, so I never trust it to actually not pay attention, but it drives me everywhere.

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Ulrich feddit.org Ulrich@feddit.org
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#32 · (edited) Quote Reply

There is a setting in the menu where you can deactivate autopilot/FSD yourself and instead have a normal cruise control function.

Yeah can use standard ACC but it still won't go over the speed limit. There's no "normal" cruise control.

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XeroxCool lemmy.world XeroxCool@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#33 · Quote Reply

I bought my model 3 with fsd in 2019, back when the only thing Elon talked about publicly was the push to increase ev adoption. Always hated the guy, but loved the car. Again this was before he came out as a full blown Nazi. Not defending him, I think he's a moron who hired really smart engineers to build a great car. I think his drug addiction and Nazism and stupid decisions have ruined the co...

I guess I'm out of date. Not sure if the meme outlasted the delays or if it just got buried in the politics. I continue to despise the lack of non-visual sensors to actually give it an advantage over human vision.

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SacralPlexus lemmy.world SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#34 · Quote Reply

Yeah can use standard ACC but it still won't go over the speed limit. There's no "normal" cruise control.

Maybe we are running different software versions then because on my Model 3 I have it set to cruise control instead of FSD and it definitely lets me go above the speed limit. I have it set to default to speed limit when activated but with the right thumb wheel I can adjust set speed up or down. I’ve included a screenshot of my settings in case it’s helpful to anyone.

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Zoot reddthat.com Zoot@reddthat.com
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#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

Maybe we are running different software versions then because on my Model 3 I have it set to cruise control instead of FSD and it definitely lets me go above the speed limit. I have it set to default to speed limit when activated but with the right thumb wheel I can adjust set speed up or down. I’ve included a screenshot of my settings in case it’s helpful to anyone.

ASS

Sounds about right

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Wispy2891 lemmy.world Wispy2891@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#36 · Quote Reply

ASS Sounds about right

That is definitely the idea of the Nazi with the teenager mind

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Wispy2891 lemmy.world Wispy2891@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#37 · Quote Reply

Tesla: if you persuade at least 10 million idiots to subscribe for fsd (and reach a lot of other impossible targets) we will give you one trillion dollars

The Nazi: hold my ketamine

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Kazumara discuss.tchncs.de Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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#38 · Quote Reply

That's pretty old news

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Ulrich feddit.org Ulrich@feddit.org
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#39 · Quote Reply

Maybe we are running different software versions then because on my Model 3 I have it set to cruise control instead of FSD and it definitely lets me go above the speed limit. I have it set to default to speed limit when activated but with the right thumb wheel I can adjust set speed up or down. I’ve included a screenshot of my settings in case it’s helpful to anyone.

Once again "traffic aware cruise control" is still not the same thing as normal cruise control. I've had this car for 5 years, I know how to use it. It speeds up and slows down randomly and refuses to go above the speed limit at seemingly random times. Sometimes it will, sometimes it won't, with no clear rhyme or reason.

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athatet lemmy.zip athatet@lemmy.zip
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#40 · Quote Reply

You don't own a tesla, you just borrow it.

Fuck right I don’t.

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BackgrndNoize lemmy.world BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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#41 · Quote Reply

That's what you get for buying a Nazi car dipshits enjoy

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Analog lemmy.ml Analog@lemmy.ml
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#42 · Quote Reply

You don't own a tesla, you just borrow it.

Very much on purpose. Might’ve a long time ago if I didn’t mind losing physical buttons. Before the nazi tires were revealed, now the vehicles themselves don’t matter at all. I’ll never buy one.

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Mwa thelemmy.club Mwa@thelemmy.club
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#43 · Quote Reply

good,less danger on the road.

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Eh-I lemmy.world Eh_I@lemmy.world
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#44 · Quote Reply

Getting run over by a FSD Tesla is still free.

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Furbag lemmy.world Furbag@lemmy.world
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#45 · Quote Reply

Would this not be grounds for a massive class action lawsuit? FSD was marketed as a feature when the cars were sold.

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clubb lemmy.dbzer0.com clubb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-07
#46 · Quote Reply

Would this not be grounds for a massive class action lawsuit? FSD was marketed as a feature when the cars were sold.

The cars that were sold with the one-time payment get to keep it forever, but if you were to buy a new Tesla now, you would need to pay monthly.

But please don't buy a Tesla.

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Pyr lemmy.ca Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-11
#47 · Quote Reply

The cars that were sold with the one-time payment get to keep it forever, but if you were to buy a new Tesla now, you would need to pay monthly. But please don't buy a Tesla.

Although I wouldn't be surprised if you sold your grandfathered Tesla that it cancels the lifetime FSD and therefore brings your resale down despite probably paying more upfront

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clubb lemmy.dbzer0.com clubb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#48 · Quote Reply

Although I wouldn't be surprised if you sold your grandfathered Tesla that it cancels the lifetime FSD and therefore brings your resale down despite probably paying more upfront

Yeah, I read the article, and it states that ownership change deactivates the lifetime licence.

What a fucking asshole.

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