Yeah duck is all over bothered with since it came out since you don’t even need to login to use it.

They are putting on a theater of pretending to be disapproving so it makes all the times they suck up to him seem as if it coming from a source of integrity by pointing to the times they disagreed.

American brands are trying to trick consumers into thinking they aren’t buying American brands. Backlash isn’t about a trade war. It could go away and it still wouldn’t change that the US is a fascist country sending people to El Salvador without due process and even arresting their mayor while threatening annexation of other countries due to inability to comprehend the concept of consent.

It was the same with Elon before he went head first into facism. They usually start by selling themselves as liberal with some occasional praise of conservatives. Then later claim they are moderate or the go to favorite of tech bros claiming they are libertarian, since saying they are conservative might receive backlash.

Based on how nerdy lemmy seems to be with all the Linux talk the demographic that is more similar to old reddit.

There was a period early in reddit when it seemed more techy. Later on it became more mainstream with a shift towards people posting in a manner more similar to Facebook and Instagram sharing more personal pics and memes.

Looks like they are completely clueless about brand image, since tesla is the maga brand in the eyes of many.

I don’t think people are trying to change minds anymore. I don’t think people even believe it is possible to change minds. I think it’s to make people afraid to make future rentals or purchases or associations unless they are a strong party affiliate.

It had me start looking into stocks of BYD and other competitors wondering where investors might flow to if the cultural sentiment keeps escalating to a full on alt right brand.

Yeah plan to. It seems like a very scary car to be associated with in the current public climate. Brand has become radioactive and too ideological tied to political figures. Seems like anger is just slowly increasing over the past several weeks too.

If you are this inconvenienced by driving a Tesla that puts me off from buying or renting one, since I wouldn’t want to go through that. Makes me want to stay away from Tesla with what a hassle it is. I’d ask for another loaner personally, but more power to you for wanting to keep sticking with it.