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Well yeah, on Lemmy, you'll get the anti-Musk sentiment. I honestly rarely base purchasing decisions on who the CEO happens to be, and I'll only avoid a company if I think purchasing from them actively harms either their employees, the environment, or the market as a whole (e.g. they're a monopoly).

Here's why I don't want a Tesla:

1. Too expensive for a commuter, not enough range for a family car (we do road trips)
2. Battery is pretty much unrepairable, and too expensive to just replace
3. Fire risk - I know it's relatively low, but my ICE cars don't have a risk of burning my house down
4. Can't turn off tracking, AFAIK - I don't need my car to do anything but get me from A to B, and none of that requires network access
5. Quality control issues - I don't want to keep going to the dealer to get recalls serviced
6. Crappy in the snow - I live in the Rockies

The first four are deal breakers, though to be fair the rest of the car industry is trying hard to fail point 4.

I'm looking forward to sodium-ion EVs, which promise to solve 1&3, and make replacement a lot cheaper. If I can find something that solves the first four, I'll probably buy it. I'd love to never have to fill up gas again, but I'm not giving up my privacy or ability to repair my own equipment.