Tesla: We can't place restrictions on fully owned vehicles? OK, from now on we don't sell cars - we rent them for 50 years. Now can we place restrictions?
I personally find this to be better and more honest. If we as customers don't own something, companies shouldn't use words like "your" and "ownership" to mislead people.
+1. Even if there's no difference in practice, at least a long lease signifies unusual restrictions. Makers of big heavy pieces of industrial equipment also sometimes offer only long leases and never sales.
Presumably you're allowed to destroy the Tesla you own - which wouldn't be true with a long term rental, you'd have to give that back.