The problem with Tesla is, they seem to decide that something that was done with hardware, should be possible to do with software.
As such, that's not really a problem, but they remove the hardware BEFORE they even write a line of code it seems.
If they decided "Hey we are going to get rid of the USS or we are going to get rid of the Rain sensor" and made the software and only WHEN they had made the software and proved it was possible, would they remove the sensors, i would be fine with it.
But in their arrogance, they decide that it must be possible, so they remove the sensors "now" and only a year or more later, do they find out if it WAS possible to make a software replacement.
When it comes to the rain sensor, i am fairly sure the reason they have not made something that works, is it is somewhere between impossible and a LOT harder than they, in their arrogance thought it would be.
I bought the "cheap" car, had i bought a Model X at more than double the price i would be livid, with rain sensors that works worse than on previous my bog standard GM car from 2016.
According to the ever so trustworthy internet, Tesla removed the rain sensor in favor of the camera alternative in 2016 and if they have not been able to make the camera based system work in 8 years, it's probably because it is not possible to get it working as good as the 1$ dedicated sensor they decided to omit.
Even with the latest version i have had dry wipes....Rainy day, wiper going on slow continuous, rain stops but it just keeps on wiping the now dry windscreen and offcourse when the rain starts and wipers are off, it is extremely slow to react and start wiping in the first place, it seems the windscreen where the camera is, does not get wet as fast as the part that is in my line of sight, it can be completely covered and the car does not wipe...
