Comment by hedora
6 months ago
I totally understand your point, but Musk said this was the end game when he bought twitter.
He wants x.com to be a single monolith “everything” app, just like they have in China.
The idea is to control currency, authentication, identity, reputation, commerce and communication, and to make use of it mandatory.
Imagine being forced to use X. That sounds horrible.
Which quote was that? Not finding anything, but then again I'm not sure exactly how to phrase the search.
multiple sources given at https://www.independent.co.uk/news/twitter-ap-elon-musk-meta...
also the whole "kitchen sink" image was probably a crude attempt at reinforcement
> and to make use of it mandatory
That was really the part I was most curious about. As the article points out, a lot of big tech has been trying to make their app economy "indispensable" to consumers, but competition seems to have thwarted that mostly. If Elon is saying he'll make it mandatory by other means, then I'm really curious to hear what he is saying on the subject.
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It wasn't a kitchen sink that he carried tho it was a bathroom sink... ah well he wouldn't know the difference...
And funnel inauthentic adoration in the general direction of divorced dad billionaires
Musk isn't satisfied with being an oligarch. He wants to be a dictator.
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Why are you making fun of this when this is quite literally what's happening? Maybe not the puppies and flowers thing, but you could have added the "taking money away from child cancer research" and that one would have been true.
Musk IS a real life cartoon villain.
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