All of that is bad enough on its own, but the real kicker of the story is the fact that you’re first hearing about this is in a news story and not from the company that’s de-contenting your car. Tesla had reportedly considered telling you, the buyer, about the change, but decided not to.

The omission of this part also means Tesla won’t be able to add “level 3” autonomous driving functionality to the impacted cars with just a mere over-the-air software update. That’s in direct contradiction with what Elon Musk himself has said in the past:

the saddest thing in all of this, i think, is the true believers will ignore the incredible contempt this displays on Tesla’s part for people who are actually enthusiastic about the company. they consider people who actually care about their products to be such an expendable afterthought that they think you don’t deserve to know what they’re doing to the product you want to buy from them, even though you’re their audience!