[0xfae]

Humorously, I almost bought a brand new Model S in 2017 when they announced full self driving because I was so excited by the tech and the promises.

Instead, I bought a used Model S with AP1.

I have never regretted that decision, it's been a great car. I do feel bad about everyone who bought into those promises.

[bradgessler]

I have a friend who bought an X for $120k when it came out and recently sold it for $35k. So much for Elon’s promises of the cars increasing in value because “robotaxi”.

[Induane]

Yea the cult of personality (crumbled now but was more a thing 5-10 years back) resulted in a lot of people falling for marking FUD which sucks.

I've been in software dev way too long to buy that nonsense. As far as my expectations have been it's actually ahead of schedule. That kind of pessimism keeps me constantly happy with the rate of improvement. Lovely psychological trick I've played on myself.