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Please, "conspiratorial thinking" ... it was obviously a joke. But the observation that an a restriction or prohibition on something making it more desirable wa
by rdtsc 10y ago
Please, "conspiratorial thinking" ... it was obviously a joke. But the observation that an a restriction or prohibition on something making it more desirable wasn't.
As for fanboy-ism, I just described how I saw the market. I am certainly not camping under Musks' window. But many consider him the equivalent of some technological messiah, whether you like, or I like or anyone else.
A sibling comment compared it to Apple, that's a good analogy. It doesn't matter how fast or cool Dell or Microsoft is, those people want an Apple and will not buy anything else. I think Tesla is the same way.
So so besides the one-line zinger, how would you describe the fact that people who can't afford this product and go out of their way to just to drive it.
- sndean 10y ago> A sibling comment compared it to Apple, that's a good analogy. It doesn't matter how fast or cool Dell or Microsoft is, those people want an Apple and will not buy anything else. I think Tesla is the same way. Just as a worthless set of anecdotes, the Apple and Tesla fanboy groups have a pretty large overlap, based on people that I know who own a Model S.
- rdtsc 10y ago> Just as a worthless set of anecdotes So what are you arguing against? That these fanboys don't exist? I think we are talking about the same thing... I was saying there are irrational fanboys that will not buy anything else, and then you chime in "Oh, that's a worthless observation! There are lots of irrational fanboys"?
- sndean 10y ago> I think we are talking about the same thing... Yeah, I think we are. Rereading my comment, it was poorly worded... My point was that the irrational fanboy-ism that's sometimes associated with Apple and Tesla is, in my experience, exhibited by the same people. So the Apple analogy is a good one, possibly because they're the same group of people (?).