[reallydontask]

> If they truly believe that the autopilot driving is safer than unassisted, they might reasonably consider it an immoral act not to ship it.

Then Tesla should be given it away, not charging extra for it. To do otherwise would be immoral.

[dmode]

That’s an absurd suggestion. Every car company charges more for advanced safety features

[reallydontask]

that's exactly my point, morality has nothing to do with it

[Klathmon]

They do.

Autopilot is standard in every single car Tesla sells now, for exactly this reason.

Here is the blog post on their website where they talk about making it standard: https://www.tesla.com/blog/update-our-vehicle-lineup

[reallydontask]

As well as bundling it prices have been bumped up, to me that is not giving it away for free.

[Klathmon]

Sorry I misunderstood your previous comment. I assumed you meant that they should include safety features for no extra cost, which they do, not that they shouldn't charge anything at all for safety features, which is such a weird and extreme take that I'm not sure what to even say...

[reallydontask]

my original comment was around the point of mixing morality and business.

> I assumed you meant that they should include safety features for no extra cost, which they do

I could buy a car without it for 37500 and now I can't but I can now buy a car with it for 39500 and you would still consider this is no extra cost?

I must be misunderstanding what you are saying

[throwawayhhakdl]

There’s no moral problem with increasing the price when it becomes a better product.

There arguably is a moral problem selling a product with optional safety features that cost extra.

If tesla invented immortality fields within their vehicles, I have no doubt they would jack up the price, and that would be fine, because it’s now a much better car. To think otherwise would be silly.