- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
Tesla has removed Disney+ from some of its vehicles amid Elon Musk having an online fight with Disney CEO Bob Iger. The fight started when Disney halted its advertising on X after Musk agreed with and amplified antisemitic content, for which he eventually apologized.
Every week, there’s a new drama with Elon Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter. It sometimes indirectly affects Tesla, but this time, it affects it directly.
The current drama stems from Musk giving support to an antisemitic post on X, which he didn’t initially apologize for, though admitted that it was a mistake a week later. He further apologized but was already attacking Disney. In the meantime, the result was a massive backlash, where many companies stopped advertising on X, including Apple and Disney.
Musk took a particular issue with frequent right-wing target Disney – in the interview when he apologized for the tweet, he attacked advertisers for pulling out almost in the same breath.
this is the problem with being a simple customer of one of this asshole’s businesses… you are now part of his smelly little ideological campaign, whether you like it or not…
It was always evident since the beginning of Model S, that Tesla maintained full control of the car at all times. You never really own a Tesla.
We found that out many years ago, and already before Musk behaved clearly crazy as he does now, we decided we would never buy a Tesla under those terms.
Remember when he turned a Tesla off, because the owner gave it a bad customer review?
Today Tesla is not exactly known for good service:
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/tesla.com
This was also so predictable, turning off features when the car is resold:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-disabled-remotely-used-car-update