Recent content by rob1987

It was closed when I went past, both times.

I did Brisbane to Darwin twice in an ICE. Even that is challenging. You hit a 550 km (280 mi) stretch from Camooweal to the three ways with no gas stations in between (let alone superchargers). There are signs warning motorists that a headwind may increase fuel consumption enough to strand them...

Just got it. Installing now (from 2021.44.30.5).

Exactly. I experience phantom braking as a passenger in my wife's Honda all the time.

I have the same issue, but if you start parking, the option to start auto park comes up midway and it will complete it for you. For me it’s the only practical way to use it.

My 2021 M3 is red. My wife pushed for the color (I didn’t see the point in $2k for a color), but I’m glad she did. It’s a beautiful look.

My money’s on cybertruck 2077

Interesting set up. I have a much smaller solar setup on my much smaller shed. Just 2x 100 W 12 V panels, a 30 A PWM solar charger, and old car battery (~700 Wh), and a 800/1600 W inverter. The first panel and charger came as a kit for about $100 from Amazon, the second panel and additional...

Which is why I said marginal cost. And the FSD computing requirements are already paid by every Tesla purchaser since they were dubbed FSD ready whether they have FSD or not.

To be fair, those are services with non-zero marginal cost to provide an additional unit to a customer. Once FSD and rival software have been developed, addition of another user to the system costs effectively nothing, and price competition drives the market price to the marginal cost. I just...

Adaptive cruise control has been available since the 1990's but my 2011 Lexus RX350 didn't have it standard. Maybe with shorter development cycles the newer tech upgrades of today will be standard after a shorter gap, but it looks like FSD's main competitors are either looking at subscription...

What I’m responding to is the idea that Apple is an exception to the general trend of preference for ongoing revenue over upfront revenue. At the same time that the rest of the market, and in particular the tech sector, starting moving towards SaaS, so did Apple.

Absolute revenue from iPhone sales have been stagnant since 2015, while services have grown from 9% to 22% of revenue: Apple didn’t hit the mark of worlds most valuable company until 2020 when it over took Aramco. No doubt, the gross revue from upfront sale of hardware is the larger share...

Depends how close they are to a release, and how final that release is. They will hike the price bit by bit as release gets closer, and as the software goes from level 2+ to 3 and beyond. The upfront payment model is definitely going away, just like free unlimited supercharging. And just like...

Apple also offer subscription services like Apple TV+, Apple Music, iCloud storage and Apple care, plus iOS developers need a yearly subscription to access the SDK. They also generate steady ongoing revenue through their take on their App Store.