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This is called, “cutting your nose to spite your face”.
by aksss 2y ago
This is called, “cutting your nose to spite your face”.
- wilg 2y agoWhat is?
- aksss 2y agoDumping what you find to be the best vehicle for your needs / technical enjoyment based on either a personality in the company, the fear of other’s impression of you for driving it, or both.
- wilg 2y agoI know right! Tells you a lot about how unlikable Elon has become that it feels like a trade-off worth making. Also, people make this exact argument a lot, but I have found that when they do they usually just agree with Elon's new politics. Do you?
- aksss 2y agoI tend to not give a flip about personalities of people behind things. If you make the best widget and I need a widget, you do you and I’ll get to widgeting. Practical outcomes are the priority.
- readthenotes1 2y agoFor people with a ton of money, it's not really much of a trade-off. They are also not much of a status symbol anymore, so they don't fulfill the attention seeking drive.
- archagon 2y agoBuying an expensive product from company headed by a tyrannical loonie throws long-term support into question. Will a software update brick my car on the highway? Will the company try to shove self-driving “functionality” down my throat? Will Musk remotely disable my car because I said something mean about him on Twitter? How much competent staff is Tesla retaining these days?