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snoodog  ·  2956 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tesla bans customers from using autonomous cars to earn money ride-sharing

Usually its because you have no choice. The manufacturer offloads the inventory holding cost to you and then gets to charge you a defacto lease. Look at software, everyone is going to the software as a service model because there is more profit in it and there is no alternative. As an added bonus Its a lot easier to upsell the moonroof, and nicer speakers when you say its only costing you $20 a month instead of the 3500it costs as a package.