I am responding to the quote above. Sorry, I'm a newby, and hit reply before I had written my response.
I purchased my Model 3 in June 2019. I have turned off all autopilot features, and am very careful not to accidentally turn on cruise control, which is easy to do. I have found these features to be way too dangerous, because of unintended accelerations (currently under investigation by NHTSA.) I suggest looking up complaints on the NHTSA website, and read news reports about deaths by Tesla.
Also check out Tesladeaths.com and
TeslaDeaths.com: Digital record of Tesla crashes resulting in death.
Before I stopped using autopilot, I had to intervene frequently. My M3 would:
Weave around the lane, or drive too close to one side of the lane on the freeway,
Veer out of the lane, following an old, blacked out lane after new construction,
Drive too fast, and take me into a mass of traffic, instead of keeping some distance from the pack, when that would be the safer thing to do,
Slow down after signaling for a lane change, and never change lanes; so that after getting honked at, I had to intervene, and change lanes by myself
Miss exits
Miss red stoplight on a freeway onramp
Accelerate into traffic at a red light, after stopping.
Veer into oncoming traffic when using summon function.
Go forward into traffic when using summon from behind my car (just to back the car a bit further into the parking spot.)
In short, I had to intervene WAY TOO OFTEN, in order to avoid an accident.
I spoke to numerous people at Tesla, after each of these malfunctions, and I was told that "the car is functioning as designed." "It's in Beta." One technician told me that he does not believe that FSD will occur, ever! (He didn't even say "in my lifetime," and he's a young guy.)
I came to the conclusion that Elon Musk knows very well that the cars he is selling today will never have FSD. He settled out of court on a class action lawsuit, because earlier cars had a promised date for when FSD would occur. The attorneys made out very well, because they got half of the multimillion dollar settlement. Each plaintiff got between $20 and $200, depending on how long they had owned their car. Tesla, Inc. knows that they money for future FSD is really just funding the development of future cars. He knows that he should be paying Beta testers, but instead he charges them. People should consent to use these Beta features to benefit Tesla, instead of being charged for them.
Now that he no longer specifies an exact date for when FSD will occur, he can't be sued for missing the deadline. But as our cars age, and newer models have more and more sensors and cameras that could move the cars closer to FSD capability, ours will no longer be upgradable, and we will have spent the money for nothing.
When I bought my car, I thought it would soon be able to drive me across the country, while I slept or watched a movie. I thought it would be able to take me places after I was too old to drive myself. Now I am convinced that that will never happen in my lifetime, and I am both disappionted and angry. I feel cheated.
I also feel cheated that the salesman did not inform me of the features that came standard. I thought autopilot was only available if I purchased FSD. So I also feel like a sucker.
For those who are thinking about purchasing FSD, my advice is: "Don't do it!" It is not worth the money. Also, be very careful. Watch the road and keep your hands on the wheel! Autopilot may be the cause of your death, that of someone you love, to a policeman or firefighter, or innocent bystander. And finally, don't use the "Hold" Stopping Mode, because you never put your foot on the brake; and because you don't put your foot on the brake, Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC) never disengages when you get off the freeway, and therefore the car may accelerate unexpectedly at a stoplight once you are back on city streets.
Without autopilot functions, the car is a delight! So enjoy!