There could also be a desire to push partial-autonomy features in the short term, when Model 3 owners are making the decision day-by-day whether to drive the car completely manually or whether to rely on whatever level of Autopilot is available now or in 2 years. If driving the car without Autopilot is deliberately made to feel weird and akward, more people will turn on Autopilot in more situations.
Partial autonomy really sucks in less than ideal conditions. Like it's raining like mad in poor visibility, the road is atrocious, the marking is weird, ...
Those are the times you don't have the choice but drive yourself and that's also the time you have to fiddle with a lot of option like finding the right speed for the wipers. Nobody like driving in those conditions, and if Tesla makes the experience even worse that will indeed make people regret Autopilot but maybe not in a good way.
Driving manual in a sunny day in country side twisty roads ? You really don't need anything else than the brake, the wheel and accelerator, no matter the car.
