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Tesla starts shipping $3,000 Cybertruck tent, looks nothing like what was unveiled | Electrek (electrek.co)

submitted 8 months ago by filister@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] rageagainstmachines@lemmy.world 182 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I need to understand why people still keep giving that man money. Willingly. It's mind boggling.

[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't either. People love being shit on I guess. It's what makes huge companies like Apple and Tesla so popular.

[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Apple makes some really stupid products that they charge ridiculous money for and their usual stuff is more expensive than it needs to be but at least their core products are of very good quality. The same cannot be said of Tesla

[–] pumpkinseedoil@feddit.de -2 points 8 months ago

Good quality but still overpriced. You pay for the brand name.

[–] pumpkinseedoil@feddit.de -2 points 8 months ago

Good quality but still overpriced. You pay for the brand name.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 8 months ago

It really is.

I'm just amazed anyone would buy the truck, let alone a $3k tent for it.

Just tattoo idiot on your forehead. At least you'd still have most of your money.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 8 months ago

It must be because not everyone follows him around like us on reddit/Lemmy. I think this sort of thing is not reported in mainstream news. So the average person is barely aware of who Elon Musk even is.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ego dream marketing. Same as any people buying SUVs after seeing an advertisement with a handsome business man in a suite with a big watch driving across the Alpes.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 8 months ago

Ego dream marketing

Lol for real, I was thinking just that when I watched the Charger EV commercial.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

But then they're taking off from a traffic light in the Chicago suburbs which at least straightens out the somewhat rough idle that the check engine tape didn't really fix and the glovebox falls open for the third time that day due to another pothole. Turns out the 20" wheels from the spirit package were wasted money on top of wasted money.

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 6 points 8 months ago

They like being scammed pretty much.