For $700 I’m not interested in compromising my own convenience for theirs.

I didn’t keep track of how that lawsuit turned out.

That said, it is labeled “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” on everything in the car.

Supervised as in you have to be ready to stop this kind of thing. That’s what the supervision is.

I wouldn’t have had time between pumping iron and getting head, myself.

Driver failed to control their car and avoid a collision.

FTFY.

I’m sure the car did actually take the action. But there are TONS of unavoidable warnings and reminders to the driver to supervise and take control when FSD goes wrong.

Which you can do by such super-technical means as “hitting the brake” or “steering the other way” or “flipping the right stalk up”. Rocket science, I know.

Driver’s fault. Bad technology, yes. Worse driver.

Yes.

You hit the brake.

Nobody fucking cares.

YouTube might bite me

You might be a tad zealous, but you’re not wrong.

I had a model I can’t remember which was an emergency replacement from my OnePlus 3T years ago, then two G Powers of… Some years, then my Pixel 5a and then 8, and now a Razr 2024.

All of which can be disabled.

I mean, you’re getting a lot of downvotes, but I’ve gone Motorola -> Motorola -> Motorola -> Pixel -> Pixel -> Motorola.

Both my Pixels died in less than a year. Each had battery life which, while it did improve over a few weeks as Pixel’s optimization stuff took hold, never reached an entire day. Both were unacceptably fragile. Both failed randomly, just out of warranty.

And the Motorola I’m using now has none of those problems, was cheaper, is faster, has a better battery, has a better screen, and in some ways is more customizable (fuck that unmovable search bar).

Like, really. Motorola is a sleeper brand. Not perfect, but damn good.

Being weary of open source is like being afraid to eat food that you watched somebody cook for you.

Yes. Reddit allows payola posts. Of course they are.

That’s not how corporates think though. The ONLY thing that matters to them is number go up next month. Surprising customers with new fees for things they rely on is an easy way to do that. Guaranteed they’ll try it.

Nope.

They’ll take what they choose to take. It’s 2025. Social mobility doesn’t exist, our votes are meaningless, and economic policies change with the seasons.

I have no agency, so it’s not worth the stress.

If you think messages you post anywhere on the internet are private, you’re in for a bad time.

In this order:

1. Tell other adults you trust about the situation. Your wife. Her parents if possible. More than one other person.

2. Explain to her in very clear terms that you can’t have that kind of relationship. It’s not about what anybody feels, it’s about what is possible.

3. At the FIRST sign of any type of revenge seeking behavior, that’s when you consider the authorities and rely on backup from the adults you spoke to.

She very well might listen to you, process the rejection for what it is, and move on. Or she might flip out and cause you a mess. If she handles it well, she’s learned something and you’ve treated a growing human with respect. If she doesn’t, your ass is covered.

I couldn’t give a single shit what any Starbucks executive thinks about any decisions anyone else makes.

Fucking DO IT ALREADY THEN

This is a very big claim for you to not fucking back up even slightly.