[guywithahat]

That's true, I shouldn't have written it off and was too eager to make the analogy.

There was a point where because of Tesla's enormous profits, it was seen as ok for Rivian to lose that much in a year, which was incredible because it's about the same amount of money Tesla lost during its entire tenure as a public company. You're right though they've been criticized for it and have paid the (stock) price for it.