The disapproval of Elon Musk is the top reason Tesla Model 3 owners are selling their electric vehicles and going for another brand, according to a new survey of 5,000 Model 3 owners.

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      Those cars are FAR too expensive for most people to afford. Tesla is the only new car company even trying at making affordable cars.

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        There are definitely people who could upgrade from a Model 3 to a Model S, and they are choosing a different car because of Musk.

        Furthermore, a lot of people have decided that supporting established car companies, with all their faults, is still better than supporting Musk. And they may choose to switch to the Bolt, Leaf, Kona, Ioniq or similar.

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      Those EV manufacturers would not exist without the work Tesla did to advance EVs over being shorted for years by traditional automakers.

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        And?

        I loved Google. They did a lot of great things for the world, they were the driving force behind all sorts of technology, and were champions of the web, upgradable electronics, and helping individual devs get their side projects off the ground.

        Years went by, and now i hesitate to use chrome even though their debugger is the best, am looking at degoogling my phone and watching Linux phones with interest, and I recently realized I trust Microsoft more than them. I even use Bing before I go to Google these days - their search isn’t much better anymore, and Bing more than makes up the difference

        You can’t give corporations or billionaires points for the past - they’re always going to go bad eventually. Giving them loyalty is like drinking tap water that used to be good but now is making your hair fall out - maybe it was good before, maybe it’ll be good again, but for tomorrow you should probably look at other options

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        1 year ago

        And Lemmy wouldn’t exist without Reddit. But I don’t like what Reddit has become, and I am not obligated to continue using Reddit when Lemmy exists.