[throwawaysea]

> Tesla likes to publicly position its driver assistance as being so good that they refer to it as "Full Self Driving"

No, Tesla very clearly says that full self driving is a future feature and not one that is available today (https://www.tesla.com/autopilot). All it says on there is that the hardware is present to enable it. There’s also a disclaimer on there:

> Current Autopilot features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous.

They spell this out even more clearly elsewhere in their documentation. The FSD Beta release notes explicitly tell users that it can do the wrong thing at the worst time, that they need to pay extra attention, and that they shouldn’t get complacent (https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-releas...).

I do agree Tesla’s practices seem like they’re normalizing massive privacy invasions. But I really don’t think the company is at fault if irresponsible drivers use their vehicle in an incorrect manner, which they’ve been abundantly warned against.

[clouddrover]

> No, Tesla very clearly says that full self driving is a future feature and not one that is available today

But this is the sort of thing Tesla says with a megaphone:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/22/18510828/tesla-elon-musk-...

Where are all those robotaxis?

The fine print doesn't defend their grubby marketing and it's little wonder people believe the cars to be capable of more than they are. Just using the phrase "full self driving" in relation to a system not capable of it is bad enough.