• no banana@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Remember when he removed the Disney+ app from Teslas because he was angry over twitter ads? That kind of unreliable behaviour might have something to do with it.

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      2 years ago

      Now imagine having all your shit tied up in X, The Everything App!™️* and you make a statement he doesn’t like or agree with one or whatever. Welp, there goes your bank account, social security info, personal medical data, and so on because you are being quarantined for the Woke Mind Virus

      Tap for spoiler

      *which will never actually become A Thing

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    2 years ago

    Didn’t someone have a picture of a Tesla in the wild with a bumper sticker that read something like: “I bought this before I knew Elon was a complete idiot.”

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    2 years ago

    Tesla would do well to distance themselves from Musk, for a lot of reasons. But it may be too late - the damage to their reputation may already be fatal.

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      They could definitely bounce back if the board fired him and the new head of the company made changes that actually made the cars better, rather than make the model numbers spell S3XY or have the horn make a fart noise for a premium or make and sell whatever the fuck the Powell Motors Homer Cybertruck is.

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        The problem is that Elons con man routine is the only reason Tesla is so overvalued. I’m sure they are afraid that if they let him go the stock price would readjust to a reasonable market price.

        No matter what you think of him, he is brilliant at conning a tech enthusiast’s money out of their wallets.

  • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 years ago

    Indeed

    i am not spending a fucking dime on anything that Elon Musk earns money on

    i even deleted my twitter account when he bought it

    But, even though Elon is an ass, the way tesla handles repairs on their cars, makes me not want to own one anyway. I wanna just use my local mechanic. Not exclusively teslas own

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    I wanted a Tesla and couldn’t afford it. Now I can afford it and I would buy one right now if it weren’t for Musk turning into a complete shit bag. (I realize he always was, but he hid it well and I thought he was an awesome dude) Fuck that guy, and fuck every company he’s a part of. I’ll just wait until conversion parts become cheap enough it’s worth playing with.

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    To this day, you can still find conservative media that shits on anyone with electric vehicles, for some reason.

    Now Musk opened his mouth and said stupid shit, and the other side doesn’t want his cars either. All he’s got left are the people who don’t care, already bought one, or fall over themselves to kiss his feet.

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    I bought my first EV last month. I’ve been looking forward to making the switch for 10 years. I would have been happy to buy a Tesla back then (not that there were many options). I didn’t even consider it as an option now because of Musk.

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    2 years ago

    I am avoiding Tesla because their design philosophy and decisions are gimmicky and don’t not prioritize functionality.

    If I am going to spend big money on a car I am going with quality. Not some gimmicky pos where you can’t even open the doors if the battery cuts out. I’ll pass on the touchscreen with wheels.

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      Not some gimmicky pos where you can’t even open the doors if the battery cuts out.

      There is a mechanical lever that you can use if the power is out. Probably it was required by regulators, but it’s there.

      I’m sure that wasn’t the deciding factor anyway.

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    2 years ago

    I had an order for a Tesla solar roof ($50,000ish/and also owned a few grand of TSLA stock. Cancelled the order and sold the stock after he refused to close his factory for Covid and turned all anti-mask. Fuck Elon.