All those other items you mentioned have been released to the masses though. I think FSD will still be called beta long after being released to the masses. So I wouldn’t go by that. But we shall see.Remember through, EVERYTHING Tesla releases is "Beta". AP1 is still beta. Auto wipers are still Beta. Smart Summon is Beta. It's all Beta. So whatever they release is the best version that they've been able to come up with. Just like thy sold Enhanced AP or gladly took $10,000 from anyone who wanted it. I should be delivered to all that paid for it. either that, or tell the customer, they're not eligible and refund their money. FSD will be in Beta forever. At least until Level 5 autonomy is fully ready for primetime. We are clearly years and yeas and years away from that.
I purchased one and leased two of the others. Being that I just turned in the leases at the end, got noting in return. Could have saved $300 +/- per month or so on the lease had I not opted for it. The other car, being that when I sold it, and I guess is still true today, FSD doesn't do much. It has no real measurable impact on resale values. Of course, if they ever do get it to work, then it will have value at that point. But for now, it's pretty much $10,000 vaporware.
As far as paying for FSD when leased, ouch. Yeah that wouldn’t have been good. I typically don’t buy something on a “future promise”. In fact, when I ordered my car in 2016, I didn’t choose any autopilot option. Just had dumb cruise control…not even TACC. It wasn’t until the FSD fire sale for 5k that I purchased all of it.