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[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oil rigs aren't billed as automatable. This is most likely just a way to offload liability

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is most likely just a way to offload liability

And to make the owners pay for maintenance and electricity.

If they lock the feature behind a higher price tier, a subscription, or a cut of the profits, it's a low-risk income stream with minimal expenses.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

And to make the owners pay for...electricity.

Tesla is an electric utility, they could probably make more money providing it to themselves than passing the costs off to their contractors.

[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Doubt it would be more. Electricity is going up in the US. Selling is more profitable right now

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

I mean as a utility provider, selling more electricity is usually a good thing...