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[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

And the US tax payer is going to have to foot the bill on it...Elon sucks goldfish dick

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

Well I don't want to celebrate in advance, Model Y facelift just released, let's hope this trend continues and doesn't show a reversal.

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 42 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Good.

Say what you will about faceless corps, but toyota won't send some jackass out a the public face to do sieg hail, and be the gleeful butcher of government programs.

You have to be nestel levels of horrific before it breaks out of the corporate bubble.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

I seriously question the mental stability of Tesla shareholders. Why on Earth does that man still have a job?

I'm not even talking about this recent stuff, I'm talking about all the things he's been doing for the last few years. It would get any normal person fired.

[–] oyzmo@lemmy.world 83 points 7 hours ago

If you buy a Tesla now, it says something about you as a person...

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 51 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Lemmy, this is the 7th day in a row you've shown "Tesla sales down in Europe" news in Top.

[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 47 points 7 hours ago

Feel free to post other good news. I’ll be happy to upvote.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 9 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

We have this, crap copied from twitter or crap copied from reddit. Take your pick. :)

To be serious for a minute, I do wish there was more discussions and not just circle jerking. Its funny how everyone left the big platforms but still discusses the exact same things.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

linux linux foss linux

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 33 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

You can filter it out if you want. Whenever I read it I get warm fuzzies. It helps me cope.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 41 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Let’s get it to 90%. We can do it.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 11 points 5 hours ago

You can go to 110% if you burn enough tesla's

[–] kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de 97 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I wish people would also boycott Zuckerberg‘s products and Peter thiel‘s PayPal.

[–] Clanket@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I actively boycott Zuckerberg's offerings bar WhatsApp coz the bastard bought it out from under us. Fuck him, fuck Meta

[–] Djfok43@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago (8 children)

Aren't there alternatives to Paypal, like Wise and Revolut?

[–] Nightwish76@feddit.uk 1 points 54 minutes ago

Google Pay. Wise and Revolut are money wallet + transfer tools.

[–] LeTak@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Germany tries to make one every two years. The newest one is called Wero/kwitt

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 19 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Do you need one?

I recently deleted my PayPal account and use a virtual credit card instead.

So far no issues with paying. In the rare case that credit card is not available you can always pay without account in PayPal via credit card.

[–] philpo@feddit.org 8 points 7 hours ago

Often enough the credit card payment still is done through PayPal, though

[–] Djfok43@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Wat? I have one I'm the one that suggested it 💀

[–] Potatar@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You went back to the banking industry and you report this event as a good thing?

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 5 points 6 hours ago

You are telling me you are paying via PayPal without involving the banking industry?

I have the choice to either tell PayPal and my bank what I'm buying or just my bank. I chose the latter.

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[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed, though I don’t think Thiel is involved in Paypal anymore.

[–] kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, you are right, not anymore, I don’t trust it though as it was founded by not only Peter Thiel but also Elon Musk.

PayPal blocks accounts that are politically controversial, such as some alternative media outlets, cryptocurrency platforms, or activists. Also Whistleblower organizations like WikiLeaks have been blocked and their funds frozen.

For these reasons I find a boycott completely justified.

[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

PayPal was not founded by Musk

[–] kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Please have a look at the listed founders of PayPal: Paypal Wikipedia

[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Please actually read the article

The company was originally established by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek in December 1998 as Fieldlink. Later it was renamed Confinity,[9] a company which developed security software for hand-held devices.[10] When it had no success with that business model, it switched its focus to a digital wallet.[11] The first version of the PayPal electronic payments system was launched in 1999.[12]

In March 2000, Confinity merged with X.com, an online financial services company founded in March 1999 by Elon Musk, Harris Fricker, Christopher Payne, and Ed Ho.

Musk founded a company that merged with the company that invented PayPal.

[–] kokolores@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 hours ago

As Wikipedia lists him as a founder i think it’s ok for me to call him that as well. But of course, you can insist on the loooooong explanation that he founded a company that merged with another company and the merged one finally became Paypal.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 154 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Each time I see a new article about drop in sales, the percentage is higher. I love it.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

I think it's the first time in my life I routinely check in on the stock value of a company, and it's pure Schadenfreude.

[–] rhombus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 hours ago

I keep thinking it’s same article being reposted before noticing the drop is 10-15% greater than the last time I saw it. I hope he’s kicked from Europe entirely.

[–] Hejej@lemmy.ml 34 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Deliver is not the same as sales. They are also launching a new model this summer so people could just be waiting. I know it’s a great news story, Europe bands together against Musk to show dissatisfaction with American politics, but it may not be true. If someone could find Tesla reports that delivers are far lower than expected I will change my mind.

I wanted to find their predictions for production in Q1 2025 to see if they planned for less deliveries before all this Musk hit the news cycle. The closest I got as 2024 Q2 production numbers. https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-vehicle-production-deliveries-and-date-financial-results-webcast-second-quarter-2024

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah I'll believe it when I see the trend last more than a month or 2

[–] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 91 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Elon truly is a genius businessman. Letting him run the government is clearly a great idea.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 6 hours ago

I mean he's become a whole lot richer. Tesla is just a casualty. Why he hasn't been ousted from the board or sued by investors, I don't understand.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 63 points 13 hours ago

It's been said more than once, that Musk isn't an asset to a company but a liability. Tesla didn't succeed because of Musk but despite him.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 hours ago

Tesla is a meme stock in the disguise of a car company. It being down 30% means little, if anything volatility is good for big market players. Allows them to fleece more people. In a month Trump will announce a big tesla contract and it'll go back up.

Or so I tell myself because pessimism is easier to live with.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 18 points 13 hours ago

Beautiful news.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 17 points 13 hours ago

Brings a tear of joy.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 16 points 13 hours ago

Music to my ears.

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