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mwfunk on April 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car...

They became unhappy Blackberry customers, prompting them to become a happy customer of something else. Nobody forced them to stop buying Blackberries.

bduerst on April 25, 2019 [–]

And there's the point. There's no proof Tesla customers will be happy as Apple or happy as Blackberry customers in 3 years.

It's even worse here because the buying cycle for cars is longer than phones, and Tesla needs more cash right now.

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