Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoMaybe, but it requires someone to move first, so I think EVs accelerated it.
Comment on When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoMaybe, but it requires someone to move first, so I think EVs accelerated it.
noxy@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
Why do you think that? What exactly about the motor spinning from electrons instead of hydrocarbons makes any difference?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s a new product on the market, so it’s an opportunity to really shake up customer expectations. Tesla lead the charge with that and essentially set the standard for the rest of the EV market.
noxy@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
do you also blame EVs for the same shit happening outside the auto industry?
I’m trying to get across that this stuff would have happened even if Tesla never existed.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yes, it probably would’ve happened eventually, but not as quickly as it did.
But the stuff happening throughout the industry all stems from the same core issue: people are putting up with it. If people stopped paying for predatory products and services, products and services would become less predatory. I don’t know what the solution here is, but it seems a large number of people are okay with companies charging subscriptions for things that used to be products. I personally reject it, but I’m just one person.