If buying things from pieces of shit means we should get fucked by them, then all we would do is get fucked by pieces of shit.
Comment on Elon Musk reveals Tesla software-locked cheapest Model Y, offers 40-60 more miles of range
Woozythebear@lemmy.world 4 months agoElon Musk was no lesser of a piece of shit back then than he is now.
treadful@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Which honestly isn’t really any different than what we have now
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Five years ago the average person didn’t even know his name, or care. Honestly, even today the average person doesn’t know who he is. My mom barely does. But those people still buy cars, and some of them still buy electric cars.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Doing any amount of research about the cars would bring him up. These people are spending that much without doing any research?
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I just popped open an incognito window and searched “best electric cars” and got ten results: all of which mentioned Tesla, and only one of which mentioned Musk. And that mention was “say what you will about…,” which is fairly noncommittal about who he is or what he does. Most people aren’t scrolling Reddit or Twitter or especially Lemmy all the time; they Google a question, and when they get the answer they think “oh, I’ve heard of a Tesla, my buddy Jeff has one” and so they go ask Jeff whether he likes it or not.
Now, in 2024, his name is probably far more recognizable. But five years ago, especially before he bought Twitter? If they did see his name, it would probably have brought associations of rockets if anything.
Or look at the Google Trends results for his name. There’s a spike in May 2020 (when his baby with Grimes was born), a slight bump in 2021 when he was on SNL, and a huge spike in 2022 when he was forced to buy Twitter. Aside from that, the interest in Tesla has always been much higher than the interest in Musk, and people have been less curious about him than about Taylor Swift (for instance).
People just don’t care about the CEOs of most companies they buy stuff from.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 months ago
You searched top 10 EVs. If you search Tesla specifically his name and face are all over the place.