[teachrdan]

> I don't remember ever seeing them saying it was ready

If you read down a bit in TFA, you'd see Elon addressing this exact issue:

"1,115 days since Elon Musk announced the FSD button and v9 of FSD would be 'uploaded' soon. (3/20/2021)"

"Given significant architectural changes, including fundamental improvements to pure vision, there is limited value to testing 8.x. Hoping to upload V9.0 & button next month." Elon Musk in a Tweet

So a year into Covid he was claiming they were a month away from FSD.