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A survey in the Netherlands revealed that 31% of Tesla owners are considering selling their cars due to Elon Musk’s controversial actions, including his involvement in politics and handling of misinformation on X (formerly Twitter).

About 40% feel embarrassed to own a Tesla, though 51% say Musk’s behavior doesn’t affect their view of the car.

Musk’s leadership of X has also driven users away, with 46% leaving or considering leaving the platform.

Parallel criticism of Mark Zuckerberg for removing fact-checking has fueled similar debates over tech leadership and misinformation.

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Tesla are "nice" as long as you overlook the fact that they're software data vacuums on wheels that you never actually own, only "license" from Tesla.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Anyone who trusts their data to a man who just performed two nazi salutes in public is a fool.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Pretty much all modern cars are. You can’t get away from it, but at least Tesla gives some value in return. Contrast their regular software updates, to something like GMs OnStar - been hoovering your data for decades, all for the chance to advertise you into paying an extra phone subscription. Been able to disable your car remotely for decades. Been able to track you in real time for decades

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

Which is a problem in of itself and why I will never own a new car of any marque. I will continue to own my old pre-2005 vehicles without data collection or GPS tracking and fix them until it is no longer feasible, and figure out how to custom electric swap the chassis when the time inevitably comes.

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