...The inclusion of the hardware had nothing to do with whether I bought FSD or not. The hardware to support the FSD suite of software (current and anticipated) came with the car and was included in that price...
You are overthinking.
When the black and white TV was first invented in 1929. Then one year later, a company TVesla would sell me a color TV. It's not just a color TV, it's a Full Color TV to make sure I know that it's not a black and white TV or a partially color TV.
The problem was, in 1930, color TV was science fiction. No one could make a color TV then, and here, TVesla was selling me Full Color TV for $12,000!
When I got the Full Color TV in my living room, it was still a black and white TV no matter how many times the technician stopped by my home to do a software upgrade. That's because color TV was not invented until 1953, or 23 years after I paid for that TVesla Full Color TV.
Thus, when I paid $12,000, I didn't pay for a black and white TV. It doesn't matter how the TVesla does it, software/hardware... as long as I got a color TV.
Back to this thread. Self Driving Capability is science fiction. But a company named Tesla can sell me not just a Self Driving Capability but also a Full Self Driving Capability for $12,000.
The problem is it didn't drive on its own when I got it. It wouldn't drive on its own if I summon it from New York and my car is still in Los Angeles with no drivers.
I don't care how Tesla would do it, radar or radarless, Lidar or Lidarless, as long as the Full Self Driving Capability can drive without a driver, that would be fine.