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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by mwfunk on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:09PM (#19744069)
They became unhappy Blackberry customers, prompting them to become a happy customer of something else. Nobody forced them to stop buying Blackberries.
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by bduerst on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:11PM (#19744083)
And there's the point. There's no proof Tesla customers will be happy as Apple or happy as Blackberry customers in 3 years.

It's even worse here because the buying cycle for cars is longer than phones, and Tesla needs more cash right now.

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