You're young and healthy and not disabled in any way, I would hope. Self driving cars are of an interest to people who want to gain or maintain their independence and mobility in the wake of illness, disability, or loss of driving skills due to aging.
While I'll not disagree with you, the marketing and hype for self driving cars has been directed to everyone else but those people. Consider this, many people who are aging, or have serious issues, tend not to have a lot of disposable income, so they're not a highly sought after segment - at least when it comes to profitability wise
I'm sort of glad to hear this. It never really seemed that a car " fit into Apple as a company.
Apple has given its automotive team a late 2017 deadline to "prove the feasibility" of its self-driving car system, and decide on a final direction for the platform, according to Bloomberg.
Apple's ambitions no longer include building its own car "for now," but it could return to developing its own vehicle in the future, or partner with existing carmakers, the report claims.
The project's shift has allegedly resulted in hundreds of employees being reassigned, let go, or leaving on their own terms since August, including more than 120 software engineers.
The remaining members of Apple's car team, which comprises about 1,000 people, are said to be working on "autonomous programs, vision sensors, and simulators for testing the platform in real-world environments." Apple is said to have kept staff numbers in the team steady by hiring people to help with the new focus.
The report follows months of internal struggles as Apple's so-called "Project Titan" team is believed to have faced delays and internal strife.
"Apple Car" lead Steve Zadesky reportedly stepped down from the project earlier this year, with his responsibilities shifting to Apple's hardware engineering chief Dan Riccio until longtime Apple executive Bob Mansfield took over the team in April and shifted the project's direction.While plans for an Apple-designed vehicle by the early 2020s are seemingly in flux, the company's research and development plans could change over the coming months and years. Nevertheless, Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes Apple will not have its own vehicle ready by 2020, calling it a "missed opportunity."
Article Link: Apple Abandons Car Plans 'For Now,' Sets Late 2017 Deadline to Decide Fate of Self-Driving System
They were never going to do it on their own. They were going to (and did) hire and acquire the talent.
You think computers are still the core business for Apple (formerly Apple Computer)?
And the TV sector doesn't? We have so many companies jumping on the streaming bandwagon, the market is crowded, and Apple's missteps have hurt them in this endeavor
No, but that's one of things they did best and should refocus on what they do well.
Comparing the audio system in the dash to an autonomous driving platform is ridiculous. I'm more skeptical about Apple successfully building an autonomous driving software platform than a car chassis.
This is a classic problem faced by people too rarely and in which humans probably rarely decide rationally with moral underpinnings in the moment.
I'm not sure. We didn't have any money until around age 38. It takes time to build a successful career and see any payoffs for paying your dues and making some smart choices and working hard in one's 20's and 30's. Now at 50, we have some money, but not the time or the energy to do all the things we wished we could do when we were younger and healthier and our parents needed us less. Any money we could have spent on luxuries will go to maintaining our independence as our health declines.
Oh well no sense worrying about something that won't happen. We will instead make the best of what we do have now. 
