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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles
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I don't think competition is the issue. These companies are just following the roadmaps of their predecessors. It's a paradigm shift.
Like if anyone told you you couldn't install x software on MacOS because they haven't approved of it and want 30% of every dollar you spend on it, you would be outraged. But they create a new OS/market in iOS that does exactly that and people are tripping over themselves to buy the new one.
Similarly if you told anyone you needed to sign up for an account at the gas station, you'd just go across the street to the other one and fill up there. But EV chargers? Well this is a new opportunity to fuck consumers and all the corporations who can afford to actually create this sort of infrastructure all want that kind of shit more than they want to be competitive.