[fartfeatures]

My understanding is Fred (Electrek) has been nothing but negative about Tesla since he got upset that they haven't released the roadster yet. Something to do with having enough referral points to get one. It has become his whole identity and it is sad to see.

[thejazzman]

Pretty sure those comments are tongue in cheek. And it’s not that he’s dying to buy one, Tesla owes him one, and doesn’t have to fulfill it by never making any

HN audience loves to undermine one of the only places actually objectively calling out the mega corps

[red75prime]

I wouldn't speculate about his reasons, but many of his articles are objectively bad journalism.