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Comment by retrac98 | Hacker News Reader

It’s easy to be snarky about the BS promises, but the important thing is that progress is being made, however incrementally it comes.

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I think those paying thousands of dollars many years ago don't view it that way. My guess is they don't care about years of incremental steps, when they purchased something promised much earlier.

Unless of course you are selling cars with a Full Self Driving Package for $12k that promises

"Your car will be able to drive itself almost anywhere with minimal driver intervention and will continuously improve All functionality of Basic Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot Autosteer on city streets Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control"

In which case it's not a BS promise but fraud.

What’s snarky about pointing out an execs failed promises/lies?

Is it though? I mean they replaced the computers, all the sensors and the entire strategy at least 2 times each and haven't managed to deliver anything viable.

Edit: and another thread just popped up on HN with this https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-13/tesla-aut...

Haven’t managed to deliver anything viable? There are millions of miles of FSD driving being logged every month. I use it all the time and it’s pretty damned good today. Recalls for Tesla just amount to OTA updates that regulators have asked for and they’ve agreed to implement.

Flapping wing aircraft where being perfected for a long time before being abandoned, so not every progress actually leads to a result. Selling hopes as a "sure thing in 2 years" I think justifies snarky responses at least.

I don't know about you but I don't like being lied to.

But is it though?

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