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Re:Autopilot on Cars for $999 by Closi on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:43PM (#26147855)
It’s because the standard product doesn’t have autopilot, they sell a driver assistance tool. The tool they sell does not have autopilot.

The device is open, and you can flash with their open source code from GitHub to give you hacky autopilot. This is how they get around the legal issue.

It’s like a “we sell you a legal product. We advise you don’t flash this code on it which we are hosting on GitHub wink wink”

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Re:Autopilot on Cars for $999 by Pasorrijer on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:14PM (#26148217)
Reminds me of university. "No officer, we weren't selling tickets to the keg, we'd need a license to sell booze. We're only selling cups for $5, the beer is free!"
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Re:Autopilot on Cars for $999 by Closi on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @03:33AM (#26152034)
This appears to be the strategy. In the U.K. they used to sell legal highs in tablets marked as “do not eat - plant food” since technically they weren’t safe for human consumption. That’s effectively the same too!
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Re:Autopilot on Cars for $999 by cortesoft on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:50PM (#26147944)
Curious to see if a court would buy that argument.
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