I don't think the product is what matters here. It's the type of marketing for the product and the sub-culture that sometimes evolves due to that marketing.
The Dr. Seuss Sneetches story is, in part, an object lesson in the mindlessness of some people in the face of intense marketing that seeks to use those people to leverage peer pressure to build a cultural phenomenon around a product or brand. Apple was, relatively briefly I think, successful at doing that. Tesla is trying to do the same now.
A critical element of the type of marketing I'm talking about is that it not only tries to convince you how good the product is, it seeks to build a sub-culture around the notion that every other competing product is shit. If you don't have a star on your belly, then you suck. But don't worry, the great news is we'll sell you a star for a bunch of money. Then you can be one of the cool kids, too.
Apple fanboys played right into that. As are some Tesla fanboys now.