Buried lede: Tesla limits your car's range with software unless you pay them more. https://twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/906625759183122432 …
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Replying to @neontaster @FreeNortherner
That's a model borrowed from the IC industry. Sign of technological vitality, actually, even if it's annoying.
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It's fine if it sells more units. I'm skeptical that it does - wouldn't the high end have to subsidize the low end?
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Not really. It's cheaper (under these conditions) to standardize on super-performance at a level beyond what the current market supports.
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If the low end isn't being subsidized, they can sell only high end, at low end prices, and still pay for the factory.
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Replying to @Alrenous @Outsideness and
The segmentation only works out, and only temporarily, if buyers are too stupid to understand a good price when they see one.
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Not following your argument. The high-end consumers pay what the producer thinks is the realistic target price. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @Alrenous and
... The low end consumers pay less, for a deliberately-crippled product. Where are incentives out of line in this strategy?
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