It is standard practice for companies to have some of their businesses subsidize other parts of the overall business. Not sure why people are so fixated on this case. It is also not unique to technology at all.
"It's completely different than what you're talking about"
"Guys...who even cares?"
> Because the sky high IPO valuable was mostly based on SpaceX being an AI company that has a huge TAM
OK, but why do you care so much about that? Are you disadvantaged or harmed in some way? I'm truly trying to understand because it seems to me many of these arguments are not really oriented around deepening understanding or changing minds, but rather about the boring business of standing one's ground and repeating the same arguments (and I'm thinking both of FOR and AGAINST positions). It is just so dull.
Is it because you are a SpaceX shareholder and you feel your interests as a shareholder are undermined? If you have not vested interest in SpaceX, why would you care that it supports some shitty venture like Twitter/X?
I don't understand.
a) to understand why people are so worked up about this man and his antics. I think it is very interesting because it can also reveal something about myself.
b) interesting, novel conversation that broadens understanding
I don't care about the man or his antics or predictable conversations that are boring.
But I think you've hit on something true: I should just move on and let people churn on this stuff and don't get entangled myself. Thanks for pointing it out.
(1) because he is currently (I believe) the wealthiest man in the world
(2) because he uses that wealth to influence politics across the globe, from Germany and the UK to the United States
(3) that - and this is my opinion - this influence should be illegal
(4) that he has a long history of lying, overpromising, under delivering, not withstanding his other achievements
(5) that he is in bed with the current US administration which is doing a lot of damage inside the United States.
(6) that he personally took on roles in that government and did a lot of damage outside of the United States
(7) That he was very much a darling of the left leaning portion of society and used that position to enrich himself and then did a 180 and aligned himself directly and openly with various extreme right parties all over the world. Some people feel betrayed.
So Musk elicits a lot of emotions, for better or for worse.
Does that help?
I assumed he ordered his Starlink-lackeys (also a group of self-serving cowards, in my opinion from the point of view on my high horse) because he wanted to remain/get back on Trump's good graces...
I wonder how those employees feel and why they didn't refuse the order. Let him do it himself.