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Tesla did it prematurely because Musk was convinced FSD was close to being solved, and thus paying attention to the road wasn’t important.

People tolerated it so there is no pressure for them to change.



Tesla did it to differentiate themselves in the marketplace and they thought it looked sexy.

To demonstrate the validity of this response, you can apply it generally to a wide variety of things they do.

The variations on the doors, all of them, the model release order being S3 X Y, it's kind of all over the place. Their logo even looks like uterus (https://twitter.com/Jam_0s/status/1531368537847214080).

They're obsessed with differentiation for the sake of it. Look at the cybertruck. It's a company run by a middle aged man with hair plugs, 3 wives and 11 children who bought a 44 billion dollar company as a vanity project.


You seem too emotionally invested for me to take your comment seriously


You can disagree but you really ought to be evidence based and not just vibes.




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