Fuck Elon Musk (Part 1)

Well, it always was, but that’s what capitalism actual does to replicate itself - fool people into having warm feelings about commodities… Tesla was good at it as long as people were not getting their cars, but were anticipating receiving them. Once they actually rolled out, the very real problems with them became more than apparent.

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He’s not your father’s Oldsmobile.

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who’s gonna force him to defend anything though

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True, given his management record of late I could see him taking the stand to testify against his own company.

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I think Elon might have made one of these when he was 16…

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Laying off even more of the people whose job it is to figure out how to make money with ads. Bold move!

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The source device/app indicator is also appearing on tweets again for some. Perhaps someone rolled back while Elon was flying back to Texas.

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Being a dick to a ton of people has consequences

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Reminiscent of how “fiscal conservatives” are always trying to reduce the deficit by gutting the IRS.

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In short: wait for the heat to die down or give it to a court that needs a satellite-based ISP. They’ll either be Starlink customers or potential Starlink customers.

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Easy swipe right/left to move between recommended vs followed tweets rolls out later this week.

Let’s see how stable these roll-outs are. Meanwhile, he should be increasing advertiser support.

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Even when it is stable, you’d have to be an arrogant fool to think an unnecessary UI overhaul is going to endear you to anyone. So of course that’s his plan.

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Heck, one site I’m a regular at hate against the redesign is an inside joke. It’s probably been a decade or more.

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