It seems like he something prevented him from doing something he explicitly promised, then failed, to deliver- he could explain that.
For FSD he usually dismisses his earlier promises by saying "it's hard"
Or when explaining the re-write he gave a somewhat longer explanation about local maximums, processing video instead of still individual shots, etc.
He was unable to meet his promise, but had a reason why (and it was a promise to do something he wasn't actually capable of doing when he made it- so clearly an aspirational thing and he missed his target).
But.
For stuff like not inviting the early FSD adopters in the early access program, he appears to have just promised to give them something that
already exists and could be given at $0.00 cost with a few clicks in order to shut them up.
Those folks were upset in the first place because they'd
already been lied to.
They were promised when they bought FSD that doing so at the time guaranteed them the lowest price, and it would only be higher later.
Then Tesla put it on sale cheaper than they paid for it.
When this was raised to him he promised anyone who paid more would get a refund to the sale price.
Then he broke
that promise too (he at least offered an excuse there- claiming Tesla couldn't afford to- something he ought to have known when he made the promise but ok).
His next offer was to the folks he'd now broken 2 promises to was to invite them all to early access.
Which he also didn't do.
And did not even shown enough respect for those early adopters to mention it again or even offer an excuse for it.
As with
jjrandorin I don't think he's an evil guy or anything. I think he's a brilliant person. I love my car. I've got quite a bit of $ invested in the company. I have a lot of faith in its future (and that of his other companies).
That doesn't mean he's perfect, or that he never breaks his word. He's still human. He still says, and does, stupid things. (*cough*covid*cough*)
irrationally excusing every single thing he does is...well...not rational.
Like what, specifically?
And how bout when he promised they'd have earlier access to
normal updates? Like they'd at least be at the front of the line for those.
Which was also a lie.
What "reasons" would there be to not keep that promise either?