Eli5: Why didn’t some form of solar shingle/form end up successful?

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I know there probably is a good reason, either the tech, financial trade offs, etc.

And I’m not a homeowner but I’ve been watching on the topic lately.

Wouldn’t serving as a roof have a significant offset to the true cost? Even at 50% off the roof?

It seems they do the opposite, build on the existing ones.

Edit roof not form

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I have a Neighbour who has a Tera Cota style roof. A bunch of the tiles were broken and it was time to replace it, so they replaced it with a Tesla roof.
The thing nobody really talks about. It was shiny. Super reflective. It kind of made it super ugly to me.

I also think the installation was a pain. The crew was there multiple times multiple weeks apart. It was pre Covid and they were just starting g to role then out so maybe they just didn’t know what they were doing

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