He bought twitter to follow the same path WeChat did.
Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I feel like at this point Muskys strategy with X is “well I own a software company now so we’ll just make all the software” with literally zero understanding of the context or how that must work.
I think it’s pretty telling in some of his comments about “well my space x engineers flew a rocket so they should know how to make a social media better than Twitter employees” as if those skills translate whatsofuckingever.
He has no idea how different types of software work, the context in which they’ll be used, and has no fucking clue that you can’t just upend the entire global financial institutions. But his devs flew a rocket so they should be able to drive a car, write social media software, write banking software, etc because those are all just easier.
Yawnder@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
themurphy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m with you on alot of this.
But Elon DID found PayPal. It’s not like it’s uncharted territory.
paprika@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Nah, he didn’t. He started a company that later merged with the company that started Paypal. Paypal launched before he even joined up.
themurphy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think this quote proves the point I’m making.
Sorry for saying it was PayPal directly he founded, but it seems they pretty much bought the platform from Musk at put another label on it. (and ofc added to it)
CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why do people claim he did. He didn’t