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These apologetic “no fan of musk”, “before Elon became crazy” are tiresome. You got a Tesla, just own it. We liked the guy when he started that electric car thing, now it’s different but he’s no mass murderer.

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Well, sure, if only because counting lives lost from policy changes is difficult to do and the methodologies are complex.

I'm not apologizing for having a Tesla, I just want it to be clear that I'm not an Elon fan boy. You don't have to go far on the internet to find people praising Tesla cars for things that are not really that impressive. When Cybercab launched there were people who were making memes that cybercab was the "cool" robotaxi because there weren't sensors everywhere like Waymo.

But it's also important to not let fanboyism cloud judgment. Tesla has great software.

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