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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.
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.
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.
What a wildly weird time we're living in.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Cancel culture.
"Citing fire hazard, Disney bans Tesla vehicles from their properties, worldwide." would be a hilarious headline.
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.
Oh, Musk. You really wanna join the ranks with DeSantis?
You can not out lawyer the mouse.
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.
Shit, Florida has already put provisions in place to protect SpaceX incase they accidentally kill someone.
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.
Bob, you know what you have to do. Remove him from Iron Man, that's petty, useless and perfect.
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.
STARK: "wow, your intellect is stunning. I look forward to seeing what you'll be able to accomplish in the next few years"
CAMERA PANS
GRETA THUNBERG SMILES
What a tantrum-throwing manchild.
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.
Why are there streaming apps in cars?
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.
You can go with your wife, you know?
Unless the baby is sleeping and you don't want to wake them.
I’d rather not leave a young child unattended, and she doesn’t need (or want) my help choosing fabric.
As another once said, “Elon Musk is a stupid man’s genius,” and after all of his tantrums, I see it as true.
Petty-ass move.
It’s all he’s got, aside from that apartheid golden parachute
"free speech absolutist" lol
And here I am just now learning that cars have streaming media apps? That seems insane to me in the first place...
Pretty sure they can only be used when parked like when you're charging. Even at a super charger, it's going to take 20-30 minutes to get back on the road.
Ah I didn't think of the charging times and maybe needing something to do while you waited. Alright, it's suddenly much more sane.
Don't know why the hell you'd need a streaming service in your car anyways
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.
Manchild.
Eh, Tesla plays this game too?
