My guess is if they’re already investing time and money into the software and hardware to make them functionally self operating, then why go through the extra effort to reinvent the wheel (or truck bed in this case, which would leave the engine out front) if it doesn’t directly accomplish their goal.

Why do they need a patent for this? How would this not conflict with just tv remotes? Like it’s not a bad feature, but blocking anyone else from having a rewind button without paying them seems like an overstep for such a basic addition.