Hundreds of thousands of reservations where individual thousand dollar deposits were made are now able to be configured and redeemed, impacting many people with

Hundreds of thousands of reservations where individual thousand dollar deposits were made are now able to be configured and redeemed, impacting many people with their own liquidity at stake. The news value comes from the scope of impact and the amount of change from the original state (hundreds of thousands of reservations effectively unable to move forward and commit delivery). Even if it's just basic reporting, the number of people with personally significant financial positions at stake justifies reporting. $1,000 might be nothing to you or me, but undoubtedly to many reservation holders considering the pricing of the car, $1,000 is a sum they had to actually debate spending, so there's a significant public interest. This is newsworthy. And yes, I'm one of the aforementioned complainers (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17409396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17409396). I don't own a Tesla nor do I have any interest—or any interest—in the company.