[hardwaresofton]

True, it's definitely not different in that aspect -- nickel and diming is certainly not new.

> But, as long as this doesn't turn into a subscription model. I don't really see the analogy to SaaS.

As long as it doesn't! It's also fully possible that the sum-total of changes that this future Tesla is pioneering will be a consumer positive, will be interesting to see how it turns out.