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I suspect you would if the automakers owned the stations, at superchargers you're filling up a Tesla at a Tesla station. I wouldn't expect Tesla to assist with a broken Chargepoint station. Certainly some help would be available at a gas station if there were a problem with a pump, even if just an out of order sign and directions to use an operable pump. But gas stations are usually staffed, it's a bit more difficult when the stations are autonomous, Tesla must wait for a report on an issue if not notified by the equipment. But I'll be checking it out this morning and will report the problem if there is one. Must help them out whenever possible.
I think Monsoon was pointing out that Tesla owns the charging infrastructure for its cars. Imagine, for example, that GM owned a network of gas stations that only worked with GM vehicles and were far superior to the gas stations that everyone else has to use. Huge competitive advantage, right? Traditional analysts usually fail to account for this, which is why most of them think that competitors will "catch up" with their own EVs and steal away Tesla's market share - they don't understand the value of the supercharger network.