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Honestly, every time Tesla or their overlord is in the news, I get closer to wanting to sell ours. The only three things keeping me here are: 1. It’s a waste
by dagmx 4y ago
Honestly, every time Tesla or their overlord is in the news, I get closer to wanting to sell ours.
The only three things keeping me here are:
1. It’s a waste to sell this and buy a new car
2. Tesla still have the best charging network by far
3. Tesla are one of the only car company outfitting their vehicles with decent processors. Which is extra important now that everyone moves their stuff to touch screens running Linux or android automative.
The second point will be moot soon with regulations requiring sharing network access.
The third is getting less important as more brands support CarPlay , and according to last wwdc, CarPlay is getting support to control more of your car. (Though GM went the other direction)
Which leaves the wasteful part…which maybe it’s worth it to have a car that isn’t spying on me and changing its UI around every few months in new and awful ways. Seriously, the driver can’t see the music info anymore because it’s moved to their blind spot AND it’s further for the passenger to control? Do Tesla designers drive the cars before shipping their UI?
And now this flagrant invasion of privacy, with seemingly no controls for access or opt-in? Ridiculous.
- helf 4y agoI can understand if you already have a Tesla. What blows my mind are the people continuing to buy new ones.
- jiqiren 4y agopoint 1 and 2 are still leading by a wide margin. Also my pre-order from > year ago for a Rivian is still 1.5 years away from my build date (June 2024 is their estimate). :-/
- toomuchtodo 4y agoTake it as a lesson in what consumers value. Give the market what it wants and you’ll be rewarded, even if you’re not an ideal actor.
- sorokod 4y ago"Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death" great name, great album.
- wilg 4y agoThey’re the best available cars!
- potatochup 4y agoYou can opt out of uploading anything to Tesla, but sharing is on by default.
- magnetic 4y agoAre these 2 different things? (uploading vs sharing) Where are the settings for those?
- potatochup 4y agoSorry, poor choice of words. They are the same thing (uploading/sharing). Sharing/uploading is a setting in the UI. I don't have a screenshot handy but you can see the details on https://www.tesla.com/about/legal https://www.tesla.com/about/legal.
- zaroth 4y agoSettings > Software There is a Privacy section with a big button “Data Sharing” It pops up a large dialog box which says the following; “We are working hard to improve autonomous safety features and make self-driving a reality for you. You can help Tesla in this effort by sharing diagnostic and usage vehicle data. This data includes short video clips, using the vehicle’s external cameras to learn how to recognize things like lane lines, street signs and traffic light positions. The more fleet learning of road conditions we are able to do, the better your Tesla’s self driving ability will become. We want to be super clear that the diagnostic and usage data such as short video clips are not linked to your vehicle identification number. In order to protect your privacy, personal information is either not logged at all, is subject to privacy preserving techniques, or is removed from any reports before they’re sent to Tesla. You may enable or disable the collection of this data at any time Do you agree to allow us to collect this data? Yes. No. Ask each drive. Then there are additional sections concerning the interior cabin camera, and concerning navigation and traffic. I believe all these sections are OPT-IN, I recall getting prompted about sharing interior cabin data after the software update that enabled it, and having the selection be blank to start, but I may be misremembering.