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Re:New Wikipedia article about criticism of Tesla by lm28469 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @01:15PM (#26401676)
People tend to rationalise every flaws once they buy something. It's the same for computers, cameras, headphones, anything that can costs a lot of money really.

Tesla made electric cars cool and for that alone they deserve some respect, that being said historical constructors are catching up. I think the magic you're missing is that Tesla is a car company selling itself as a tech company, which is more exciting than good old historical constructors. Add a meme lord on top and you get a very good marketing duo

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Re:New Wikipedia article about criticism of Tesla by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:24PM (#26402782)
>People tend to rationalise every flaws once they buy something. It's the same for computers, cameras, headphones, anything that can costs a lot of money really.

Take this effect and multiply it by several if the item in question is a status symbol product or a product that helps the owner project some sort of image.

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