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[–] just_another_person 320 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

All his fanboys should be absolutely shitting bricks about this since Elon has been out there for years saying that people who purchase Tesla vehicles absolutely own them. He's been spouting this bullshit since they got caught remotely crippling software features YEARS ago, but this is further proof Tesla owners are completely at the whim of a tyrannical douchebag who decides if you get the privilege of using something you paid for the way you want.

[–] [email protected] 149 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it weren't for double standards, he'd have no standards at all.

[–] xkforce 25 points 11 months ago

And neither would the fanbois

[–] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago (2 children)

His fanboys are mostly reich-wingers nowadays, and they're completely impervious to reality-based arguments

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Reich-Wingers.. nice i'm totally stealing that

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[–] badaboomxx 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Don't forget that they are smug thinking they are saving the planet

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure how many diehard Musk / Tesla fans even believe in climate change

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

you don't even own all the bits you do buy. you pay extra to unlock them. preinstalled, extra-cost dlc.

[–] LEDZeppelin 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

They won’t. His fanboys will find an excuse for his shitty behavior like they always do.

It’s like hoping flat earthers would suddenly come to their senses once they see the evidence. They won’t. They would find some other shitty excuse for their stupid belief.

Edit: stupid autocorrect. lol.

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[–] [email protected] 209 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Imagine buying a $50k car and they take away features because the CEO is having a temper tantrum and wants everyone else to suffer.

You’d have to be a fool to give this guy your money.

[–] SinningStromgald 46 points 11 months ago

You’d have to be a fool to give this guy your money.

A fool and his money are easily parted.

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[–] [email protected] 185 points 11 months ago (19 children)

Since Twitter has nothing to do with Tesla (beyond the emotionally stunted owner) this is serious line being crossed. I mean - I don't care about Tesla. But I do care about SpaceX and Starlink as they have serious geopolitical implications.

Some country's leader disses Twitter and they don't get to launch satellites. Or their people don't get satellite internet.

This amount of power should not be in the hands of one rich guy with an inferiority complex.

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[–] [email protected] 168 points 11 months ago (3 children)

10 years ago if someone had told me that in the future the tantrums of a billionaire petulant manchild would decide what features are available in your already paid for car I wouldn't have believed them.

[–] w2tpmf 50 points 11 months ago (3 children)

On the other hand, 10 years ago there's almost no chance you would think that the Disnet Chanel would be a feature in an automobile.

[–] popekingjoe 23 points 11 months ago

What a wildly weird time we're living in.

[–] krakenx 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tablets, Netflix, offline video files, and mobile internet all existed 10 years ago.

The only thing that has changed is the level of control you have over the screen and where the content is coming from.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't have not believed it, but I would be bummed to learn that we still haven't made contact with three-tiddied aliens.

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[–] KiloGex 125 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Can you imagine spending all that money on a car and expecting certain features, only for them to change based on the whims of a manchild who gets his feelings hurt?

[–] deweydecibel 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you imagine spending that much money on a car where this is even possible?

Seriously, don't ever buy a car that can have something uninstalled remotely without your consent. I can't believe we've sunk this far.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 11 months ago

Cancel culture.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"Citing fire hazard, Disney bans Tesla vehicles from their properties, worldwide." would be a hilarious headline.

[–] 0110010001100010 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That would at least have some data to back it up. This is just a man-child throwing a hissy fit because the free market decided it didn't want to do business with Twitter.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're just the right kind of evil, that's amazing.

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[–] foggy 75 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, Musk. You really wanna join the ranks with DeSantis?

You can not out lawyer the mouse.

[–] DigitalTraveler42 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He and DeSantis are already buddy buddy, DeSantis always seems to make sure to protect Musk's interests whenever there's some law change that effects Tesla/SpaceX.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

CEO of public company actively makes product worse because of business dealings at a seperate private company owned by said CEO. Not that Tesla shareholders don't already have enough reason to be pissed, but good lord.

And it's not a "feud" that would imply Disney is being petty instead of making the fucking obvious business decision to pull advertising spend from the dumpster fire of racism and controversy that is Twitter.

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[–] olosta 46 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Bob, you know what you have to do. Remove him from Iron Man, that's petty, useless and perfect.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

OMG that'd be hilarious. Also don't even say a word to anyone, just have an editor trim that 3 second scene from IM2 and replace it on the disney+ streaming service with this new version.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago

What a tantrum-throwing manchild.

[–] chitak166 42 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Holy shit. Who wants products with this much control given to someone else?

I seriously have no respect for anyone who buys apple or teslas.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Why are there streaming apps in cars?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (7 children)

So I can watch something while I wait for my wife to finish shopping..

The streaming apps only work when the car is in park.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You can go with your wife, you know?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Fades 11 points 11 months ago

It’s all he’s got, aside from that apartheid golden parachute

[–] Gemini24601 32 points 11 months ago

As another once said, “Elon Musk is a stupid man’s genius,” and after all of his tantrums, I see it as true.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago

"free speech absolutist" lol

[–] ItsMeSpez 25 points 11 months ago (5 children)

And here I am just now learning that cars have streaming media apps? That seems insane to me in the first place...

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[–] dantheclamman 19 points 11 months ago

Kind of wild how this guy feels entitled to have people pay him

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Don't know why the hell you'd need a streaming service in your car anyways

[–] proudblond 45 points 11 months ago (3 children)

As someone who uses it a lot: you don’t need it. But it is nice when you’re waiting for someone, which I do a lot of because sigh I’m basically a soccer mom now. (Kids don’t play soccer and I don’t drive a minivan but…yeah, the comparison is sadly apt.) These days, my kids use it more than I do, since a few times a week they are stuck with me waiting for the other sibling to get out of their activity. Can all this be solved by just handing them my phone instead? Sure.

As of yesterday, pretty sure my Disney+ app was still there, maybe because we’ve used it before, per the article. My daughter would be upset if it disappeared, but if it does I’ll just bring a iPad and hotspot it. Whatever. Maybe I should be more upset about this but I’m kind of resigned to Musk being an asshole man-child and honestly kind of depressed about being linked to him even if I’ve had the car for years and generally love it.

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[–] reddig33 13 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Eh, Tesla plays this game too?

[–] someguy3 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sounds to me like Elon is trying to blackmail Iger.

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