I mean if you bought a normal car and then the owner of the car company turns out to be an asshole, who cares?

But if you buy a Tesla the owner of the car company can force an update on you tomorrow because he’s a removed. So there is still direct influence. I don’t want to know how badly the terms and conditions for Tesla software is worded, if they can randomly up subscription cost, limit your range (to protect the battery of course), shut off features and put them behind a subscription, …

Or hell, if a Tesla is located in Ukraine it might just not start at all, they also shut down Starlink.