Well I happen to own two Teslas a Model S and Model X both the FSD Beta 10.69.25.2. Yes, I still have to pay attention and be ready to take over. Today I went on a 90 mile drive and I needed to take over twice. Once because getting off the highway we had to cross three lanes to get into the right turn lane and it doesn’t like to make that many lane changes that fast and once I didn’t need to take over but did because it wanted to change to a faster moving lane 2 miles from the next right turn and I was fine to stay in the lane I was in and not make extra lane changes. The driving conditions were a nice sunny day, mixed city streets and interstate highway with varying amounts of traffic. There is no chance the Mercedes Level 3 certified can do all of that. All I had to do was keep my hands on the wheel and on the highway ok the lange change before it did it. Tesla has gone from basic cruise control to that seven years. Plus we get regular updates making it more capable. I am not limited to just “certain highways” it works everywhere. It handles roundabouts in our city with no problem. Sometimes funky width roads or lack of lane markings confuse it and I need to take over. Even that is less frequent these days. I haven’t tried out other makers ADAS systems but what they describe themselves isn’t as capable as what is in my car today. For reference I drive usually about 700 miles a month about 150 of that is me driving manually. So I log about 550 miles a month in the S on Autopilot and about 100 a month in the X.

Next thing you know they will be telling us people who own cars have a hard time holding buggy whips.

The issue with an a la carte system is the providers will always look for a way to squeeze more money out of us. Since most people are not making more money today than they were a few years ago that is a loosing proposition of the consumer. I like my Satellite TV and I pay for all the content but I can't always be in there to use it. Sometimes it is more convenient to get it on my laptop or my mobile device but I have already paid DirecTV to access the content. Who really wants to pay for it more than once? Hulu is growing at a phenomenal rate. If they are looking to loose eyeballs then charging the user is the way to do it. They already have advertisers paying for the content through ads like the TV model they have been using for years. They should capitalize on the fact it is a closer screen someone isn't going to start a video and walk away from the computer and the user can't fast forward through the commercials. Plus Hulu can give a more accurate count of viewership than TV can. Hulu can use that to charge a premium to the advertisers and since Hulu knows who we are they can further add value by inserting ads that a specific to the viewers interest and give them a link to drive right to the site. I just don't see them making money on charging us per view or per month unless it is commerical free, cheap, and there isn't a delay for the content. Currently I have to wait a week to watch In Plain Sight on Hulu and they only put some shows up for a limited time. I missed the whole first season and would like to watch it but it isn't there.

This would not work. First the USB device would have to loaded with software for every operating system they would encounter. Even if you choose not to use Encryption which is an easy way around. Someone will design a root kit that allows someone to hide data in a way the device can't find and only by doing some secret sequence of events reveal the data. Or just keep all illegal activities on a thumb drive or other external storage device. This is a case of someone who doesn't understand technology having a bad idea and no one with enough technical knowledge around those people to tell them it is a bad idea and will never work. That is just from a technical perspective. Civil Liberties and law are another issue entirely. In the US you couldn't force people to turn over their computer for search without a warrant to do so. I bet this falls off the news in a few days and will be forgotten about for years to come.