Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “The Worst Hot Takes in Tech”.
Ah, the internet, there is no shortage of controversial opinions out on the internet. Of course, you can always find great analysis and awesome thoughts and wrap-ups of things everywhere, but tucked into the corners and in the comment section, there’s always just a couple extra little controversial fun statements. People are willing to throw out into the world the hot take. Now I love Hot takes because they are guaranteed to ruffle some feathers and get people worked up, but also by definition, there’s got to be just some some element of truth to it, just just a little hint of Truth.
So today I’ve gathered some of the hottest takes for you guys from around the tech world and we’re going to actually see if they are good, takes or not, also shout out again to Jimmy highy roller for the initial concept and the inspiration for this series. If you haven’t already seen his NBA hot, takes they’re hilarious, they’re, incredible I’ll, leave a link below go, watch them and also I’ll leave a link to the Chevron sweater below, because it’s the perfect time of year to get one of these things. Okay, let’s jump in to the hot takes so here’s our first one, cybertruck, Tesla cybertruck, isn’t as overpriced as everyone says. It is for everything you get with the price you pay, and you know this is a fun one. I like this one, this, you know if you, if you search up Twitter or threads, it’s not very hard to find a lot of harsh reactions to the Cyber Tru right.
It’S it’s, obviously not a cheap truck, it’s an expensive truck, but also Al. I think the key with this one is this has got to be the biggest Delta between what was promised and what was delivered from Tesla on paper. I’Ve ever seen like it was a massive overpromise under deliver moment for them like if you literally go back and and watch the 4-year-old event now, when they first unveiled the cybertruck and the specs, they had all the stuff on stage they were saying 0 to 60 And as low as 2.9 seconds up to 500 plus miles of range 14,000lb, toone capacity, 3500 lb Max payload capacity and starting at $ 39,900 that seemed killer. But today the new specs are out and the truck that’s actually starting to ship now in 2023 is 0 to 60 in 2.6 seconds, which is it’s crazy? It’S a party trick, but then up to a maximum of 340 Mi of range 11,000 lb, towing capacity, 2500 lb payload capacity and starting at $ 60,000, going well up into the six digits.
So when you compare what we were promised versus what they actually delivered, Not only was it late, but it just feels like. Oh this, this thing is crazy, overpriced. Now I would have been happy with a $ 30,000 truck with hundreds of miles of range, but now they’re trying to sell us 300 mil for 100 grand, like that seems it feels overpriced.
But if you compare it to the exact competition in its segment, other electric pickup trucks that are shipping right now, let’s say then it actually kind of Falls right in line I mean there isn’t really things that we’re talking about here, it’s F-150 Lightning and rivan r1t And the Hummer EV pickup truck that’s kind of it and it’s right in line with those. So I’m not going to be counting the Silverado pickup truck because again they have a promise but they’re not shipping it yet so just for truck shipping right now, either they’re. All overpriced, or none of them are, and that’s not even mentioning any of the other Innovations related to the cybertruck that might have taken some serious R .