While the analogy of Tesla to Apple is apt, it's ignoring the amount of industry entrenchment Tesla had to overcome to get to the point where the analogy makes

While the analogy of Tesla to Apple is apt, it's ignoring the amount of industry entrenchment Tesla had to overcome to get to the point where the analogy makes sense. There's reason to suspect that Tesla's EV systems from top to bottom are referencing a much larger bulk of design material than all other competitors (as they kind of created the modern market while all other large players mostly watched). So, a standard selected by industry players who were all betting heavily against the design gambles Tesla took everyday ending in 'Y' might not be the rocksolid, consumer friendly standard it looks like at the first shake. All car companies are bad, dirty, greedy, bastards.