I’ve driven various cars with this feature and they never turn it on and off when I would.
I’ve nearly been crashed in to because a car at a junction thought I was flashing them to pull out, as I was doing 60 mph, and they did.
(Also, I’m assuming the automatic turning on of the high beam is included in the paywall, not just the turning off !)
Obviously, it's not your fault that someone else interpreted the headlight as an invitation to pull out. And indeed, it's probably one of the most widely ignored rules in the highway code. Nevertheless... it's still the other driver's fault. I've personally had it where other drivers think I've flashed them out, but I had actually just gone over a bump in the road.
(I'm assuming you're British because you say junction.)
As an aside, one option I like to use to get people behind me to turn down their high beams is to orient the side view mirror so the high beam goes back to them.
That said, I still think it's a convenience feature because turning down your brights is something that everyone is already capable of doing and legally obliged to do.
Very similar to assisted driving features that control tailgating. Should every car with assisted driving capability have to enable it?
Saab had a funny one for this - there were 3 vents in the front of your dashboard, but one always blew cold air no matter what, so that in the winter, you could point it on your face. Heat cranked and no warm fatigue... a beautiful thing.
Antipatterns are the worst.
Incidentally - the 2022 Versa so far seems to be a great car. Lots of software features that might be considered "luxury" come as standard.
> “Safety should come standard,” Wallace said of adaptive headlights. “Some automakers might think that those are simply a convenience feature, but there’s a demonstrated safety benefit.”
This is the second-worst example of this kind of thing I've ever seen. The only worse one was gating air bags (yes, the kind that save your life if you crash) behind a subscription: https://hackaday.com/2021/05/18/do-you-really-own-it-motorcy...