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Tesla might be "the F-35 of personal autos", but it kind of makes sense for have the AI part of a product be SaaS. The company invested a ton in R&D, and it's a
by nnq 7y ago
Tesla might be "the F-35 of personal autos", but it kind of makes sense for have the AI part of a product be SaaS. The company invested a ton in R&D, and it's also liable for the damages (including deaths!) that the feature might produce if it malfunctions (hence they'd want it disabled after N years period where supporting it is no longer cost effective - even the fact that a city's roads configuration drastically changes 10 years in the future independent of the car could make the self-driving system unsafe, it's a systems issue here, no longer and "isolated product"!).
We're probably going to start seeing this more and more with "truly smart" devices... Though we do need ways to re-sell software licenses for firmware and stuff while they are still supported, even if separately from the actual hardware.
- 2rsf 7y agoMakes sense or not, it should be clearly stated in your purchase contract and made public.
- mgoetzke 7y agoThe feature in this case was never payed for it seems. By nobody. It was wrong to list the car as having the feature. Which is why it can be deactivated, BUT this means the buyers have a right to return it up the chain to whoever made the mistake first.
- tomatocracy 7y agoThe buyer (and perhaps the dealer) did pay for the feature though when they bought the car with it described as having the feature.
- FireBeyond 7y agoIf you, the manufacturer, put a sticker on a vehicle and it says "FSD" and names a price, and I buy that vehicle? I _have_ paid for it. I may not have paid list price or as much as you like, but you can't say "Oh, it wasn't paid for". "Includes FSD, $x" "Sorry we meant 'does not include FSD, $x'" _AFTER_ two sales.