Posting unbiased full length videos of FSD was much more informative than self-censoring for Tesla, or "capitalizing" as you call it. The fact they removed his access to FSD makes it likely the few with access to FSD will feel the need to self-censor issues in the future.
He broke the terms of the FSD program. That should, for the safety of everyone on the road, lead to revocation. I'm part of FSD, I don't self-censor. It's terrible right now. I'm more worried about youtubers letting the car make mistakes just for the views. And honestly it's not safe for people to be trying to talk while paying attention to a car that constantly does dumb things.
A lot of people in this thread are mixing up the FSD option (that you buy for your car) with the invite-only FSD beta. Currently the non-beta FSD will drive itself on limited access roads (basically taking you from onramp to offramp, changing lanes, taking interchanges, etc), but it's basically cruise control on surface streets. The FSD beta will self-drive pretty much anywhere (even parking lots) but it has only rolled out to a few percent of Teslas. Both versions use cameras inside the car to monitor the driver's attention. If you blind the internal camera, the car will refuse to engage autopilot or FSD beta.
If you're seeing "egregiously dangerous" behavior, you should call the police. The dash cam should be more than enough evidence to get the reckless driver charged.
You can't use autopilot or FSD while on your phone. I've tested this myself. Within a second or two you're alerted to grab the wheel and look ahead. If you don't, you'll get locked out of autopilot for the rest of your drive and your safety score will be dinged.[1] Tesla's ML algorithms even have a classification of "PHONE_USE" for the cabin camera.[2]
This service is apparently "$12,000 up front or $199 per month" according to this article. You are saying that people should not be allowed to show that this very expensive service is not very good as it can't handle and empty street with a small pole in it? And that showing that this very expensive service is not very good is "against the terms" and should lead to "revocation" (presumably without refund)? That sounds like some border-line dystopian stuff here.
Anyway, this FSD beta is billed to "enable Tesla vehicles to virtually drive themselves both on highways and city streets by simply entering a location in the navigation system, but it is still considered a level 2 driver assist since it requires driver supervision at all times." Maybe, for the safety of everyone on the road, this entire thing shouldn't exist considering how badly it performs. But apparently showing this thing is kinda crap is the problem, rather than the company using the actual roads for the beta tests of their crappy software.
