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Stainless steel is far harder to work than regular steel. There is no way that process was cheaper.

What happens if you scrape your fridge getting it into the kitchen?

You go to the DIY shop and buy a tin of white spray paint.

What happens if you scrape your brushed stainless fridge getting it into the kitchen?

Well, now you get to either live with it, or come up with some really clever ideas on polishing out the scratch and then sanding it back to disguise it with the rest of the surface which will never really look right.

Stainless would be standard on economy cars, and the Cybertruck would be painted so as not to look like a Ford Pinto.

Wait, not sure I understand you. Where are stainless panels used on economy cars?

Not sure I follow your ford pinto comment either.

If unpainted stainless were actually cheaper then it would be the standard on cheap cars.

Ah yes, very true observation. Thanks for clarifying.