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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why does the auto industry hate that Tesla sells directly to the customer instead of going through a dealer?
gpt
That should be pretty obvious...

The dealers want their cut of the profit.

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This is a point I've tried to make for many, many years.

A car is a Toaster.  It's a product that can be sold at a Wal-Mart, at a cash register.  Traditional car dealers don't want you to think like that.