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Comment by gonzo41 | Hacker News Reader

I work with scientists. Everyone who got a tesla feels a bit off about owning it now. Many jokes are had about being a musketeer, and the rise of twitler etc.

It's all jokes, but then at the end of the day, everyone else drives home in some other car and they don't know what the CEO said about "tweet of the day" etc. Yet Musk is all in everyones face all the time. It doesn't seem to be a winning strategy at the moment.

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Tesla cars have been described as an electric car software platform, so I'm not surprised they are nervous. The car is not just what it is today, but depends on remote services, regular updates and foremost it seems like the car can fundamentally change its features based on remote software updates. It's concerning, suddenly you do not trust that software vendor as much as you did before.

Maybe $80k capital assets turning into scrap-value bricks would finally be significant enough for the general population to wise up to the scam that is the Internet of Trash.

It was predictable that this day would come, given the overt, public, and controversial personality type of Musk.

Sounds like a poor reflection of your companies culture.

Your phone, clothes, the mug you're sipping from were all likely made from if not child labour, at best abusive and unfair labour.

Worrying about the what moderately disagreeable thing the CEO of the company who made your car may have said on social media seems an incredible view.

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