Man, he still isn’t over how Thiel snubbed him with Paypal and how his original “x.com” online bank idea failed, is he?
X Payments delayed after Musk’s X weirdly withdrew application for NY license
Submitted 6 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How involved in the making of PayPal was he anyway?
fluxion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
PayPal was a service provided by a different company founded by Peter Thiel and others.
Musk didn’t really have anything to do with it. He, with others, founded X.com, that was meant to be an online banking system, and sort of became a competitor to PayPal.
Eventually they merged and Musk because CEO and highest shareholder. 6 months later the board of directors replaced him with Thiel while he was out if the country, but Musk still made a fortune with his shares.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
How involved was he in the making of any company he’s ‘involvwd’ in?
As a general rule, not very. Musk doesn’t create shit, he buys shit then profits off of other people’s work
WashedOver@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
He was a part of the story. The book The Founders goes into the beginnings of PayPal, Ebay, the other players, Elon being brought in, and Elon’s origins. A good read and it’s not all about Musk.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And is anybody surprised?
cbarrick@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What could Twitter possibly offer to make me switch banks?
What could Twitter possibly offer to make me switch brokers?
What could Twitter possibly offer to make me switch from Venmo and PayPal?
Which Americans are not in a similar position?
X Payments is doomed to fail. He missed the boat. The market is already saturated, and they’ve lost all brand loyalty.
fluxion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I ain’t linking any bank accounts to that dystopian cesspool and its tyrant CEO with no regard for rule of law who constantly steps on legal landmines and skirts all regulations and precautions.
Like…PayPal had some bad practices, but nothing like the incompetence and complete disdain for his own users/customers that Musk brings to the table
Evotech@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s av incredibly naive take, new actors come in all the time. Just late it cheaper and better.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
They rarely come onto the market with such a hugely toxic brand name. Big banks survive their bad shit through the inertia of having massive customer bases; they don’t enter the scene already known as a shitshow.