The first people to defend a cult are those who are in it (sorry, that’s a joke, and I couldn’t help it).
The problem I have is when VedaPrime’s service is mentioned here, it invariably is in response to a question that cannot be answered unless ‘you sign up to this paid-for service’.
There is no doubt the information VedaPrime provides is accurate. No one is disputing that. The problem is the vehement promotion of it here on TMC - a free service where we like to openly discuss all aspects of the trials and tribulations of waiting for our Model 3s.
We should be able to freely discuss the questions here, and in that discussion, include whatever knowledge we collectively have. VedaPrime’s service explicitly denies you from being able to do this. Members who have signed up to Veda’s service even actively police each other here for potentially saying things they shouldn’t.
I would hazard a guess - the intellectual property we’re talking about here is likely not even VedaPrime’s to own. So it would be questionable what legal remedy VedaPrime might have when information is disclosed.
I mean, it’s great that one guy is making a buck out of all of this. But for those of us who have chosen to not subscribe to his service, it sucks.