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by dax_ 510 days ago
As someone who owns a Model 3, I hate how Musk constantly comes up when talking about the car (and never in a positive light). Frankly I find the brand so damaged now because of his behavior, that this will be my last Tesla. I don't want to be pushed into an "right wing" category simply because of a purchase decision I made 5 years ago.

Sure there are other factors, such as more competition, and overall a slowdown of adoption of EV cars, but I have am fairly certain that Musk is one of the big factors of this sales drop. Price/value wise I still find Teslas incredibly attractive. This would be an interesting topic for a big survey if my opinion is in any way representative.
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Rygian 510 days ago
I find myself in the same boat, where I am increasingly concerned that people will identify me in the political spectrum of current days based on the car I chose to buy in 2019.
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rightbyte 510 days ago
A major concern I would feel is that my car acts as a spy station for Musk and the CIA or whatever. Note, 0% hyperbole here.

The Tesla cars like beep and flash the headlights and record you when you walk to close. In some sense they are already doing it.

I would short the antenna to ground or whatever if I had a Tesla car. LLMs can transcribe everything you and your passangers says and email to Musk.

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belter 510 days ago
"Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars" - https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sens...
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rightbyte 510 days ago
Oh ye forgot about that. I guess the CEO has hailed him self out of the closet since then too to add some extra spicy flavour to the coorparate customer integrity policy.
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lelanthran 510 days ago
> I don't want to be pushed into an "right wing" category simply because of a purchase decision I made 5 years ago.

Looks like bullying people works. Use enough shaming language and normal people will generally fall in like e whether they agree or not.

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dax_ 510 days ago
Not really, but, like a lot of people buying EVs, I care about what impact my lifestyle has on the environment and society in general. And I can't (In good conscience) support that company anymore.
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