Self driving should be pay as you go. Either on demand, daily, monthly or annually. Because the number of frequent updates is far too much and costly.
Usually it was anarchists who proclaimed that ownership equals theft — no we go to the other extreme, with corporate slowly trying to turn owners into renters. Instead of selling you something they try to become your landlord.
Also anarchists never claimed ownership was theft, they claimed that owning something you're not using is theft.
I did a literal translation of the German "Eigentum ist Diebstahl" which literally translates to "ownership is theft". Of course anarchists meant that the theft is that you deprive others of the chance to make use of tools, objects etc. that could be put to use better collectively as you mentioned.
So you buy a car and then have to pay to use it?
It should be a feature that comes with the car, one off payment, you shouldn’t need to pay a subscription just because they didn’t have it fully ready before you bought it.
Yes, you can still use the car, and drive it yourself - but the problem is how anti-consumer and rent seeking the behaviors are of these companies. The problem isn't limited to Tesla.
* The car is still perfectly useful without it * It genuinely needs ongoing updates * There are good use cases for occasional use - I'd rarely use it, unless I was coming home very late & tired, or really needed to work and not drive.
Other features, like Toyota's recent announcement [0] that they are going to charge $8/month for your key fob to remote start your car, or BMW's attempt [1] to charge for heated seats are merely extractive ploys.
This move of everything to unnecessary connected and subscription models is just an outrage. Sure, some services genuinely need connection, but most can be engineered without it if there is a will to do so. Otherwise, do't do it - it's a trap!
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/12/22831105/toyota-subscrip...
[1] https://www.thedrive.com/news/34547/bmw-is-planning-to-sell-...