Leawood911:

It is silly to assume a multi billion dollar tech company is making random decisions. It is a safe bet that calculations we can even comprehend in terms of business analysis are being done. These are not amateurs by any stretch. I am amused by the speculation.  If you want to look at bad decisions see Ford, GM or even VW. 

One should not praise decisions just because one cannot understand them. My experience is: most decisions that don't seem to make sense don't make sense. BTW, there is a lot of evidence that Tesla is run by chaos. The famous 420 US$ buyout case being the most prominent example, all SEC investigations and public drug consumptions of the CEO included Smiley