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I don't see any Mercedes self driving videos on youtube by regular people. If that tech existed and was in customers hands, Im sure there were many such videos?

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I was curious so I went looking. I did not, in fact, find any customer videos of the Mercedes.

>I don't see any mercedes self driving videos on youtube by regular people

What a weird metric to have, "videos on youtube of X". Has it occurred to you that more people post videos on youtube because they're influencers or just regular attention seekers cashing in for views because Tesla is overhyped and is the kind of thing that generates traction on social media?

Maybe Mercedes owners, or those of any other brand, buy their car to drive it first, not show it off on youtube.

For my next job, I'll work only at the company with the most videos on TikTok.

It is absolutly not a weird metric. I (and a whole lotta other people) go to youtube to find real people testing and using real life things like keyboards, bikes, even other car brands, and so much more. I dont see how a person wanting to see how a cars self driving works on youtube is any different.

Because you can (and should) test drive a car for yourself before dropping hella' stacks on one. Random people on youtube can be, and often are, biased with their opinion.

You probably can't test drive the self driving feature though because it only works on about 50ft of road in Nevada. Hence why you would look it up on youtube, only to discover that no else was able to use it either for the same reason.

There are more "driving my mercedes" videos on Youtube than "driving my tesla".

Just nothing for self driving.

It’s not available to consumers and only works on a few pre-mapped highways a low speeds (i.e. traffic jams). This is a nothingburger.

Yes it's a ridiculous metric. People will post anything for views. A kid crashed an airplane to get YouTube views. Lots of stuff posted to YouTube can't really be taken for face value, a lot of people are are just gaming for views.

Anything except a Mercedes driving itself, apparently.

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