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> If money was the objective, they would have vending machines and unskippable ads on superchargers.

Perhaps. Or maybe they decided that having ads would cheapen their brand and hurt sales in the long term.

The ads will come once (if) Tesla matures. Mass adoption comes first.

Capture the market first, and only then monetize full tilt until the experience is unbearably bad. The shareholders will love it!

Kinda like how there's ads on the home screen of certain products, but other companies may opt to forgo them for a more premium experience that keeps customers coming back and paying them long-term subscription fees?

Money was always the objective, hell it's even their legal duty, and shareholders could sue if you claimed otherwise.

Some companies just choose to look further than the next quarter ahead with their plan to get that money.