Tesla is not that different from any consumer device company: Priority #1 is shareholder value and they have nothing to gain by making repair easy. In fact, by

Tesla is not that different from any consumer device company: Priority #1 is shareholder value and they have nothing to gain by making repair easy. In fact, by making things easy/cheap to fix they are going to loose a ton of revenue. But by locking things down they can prevent both 3rd party parts AND 3rd party labor. The long term solution might be for Tesla to offer longer leases, renewable warranty or other kind of recurring deals. Something like that would create a situation where all parties benefit: - Tesla engineers can truly focus on reliability, repairability, sustainability - Shareholders are happy about a reliable recurring revenue - Customers get cheaper/faster fixes and have no reason to fix things themselves Too idealistic?