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> Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be?

ivape 1y ago
It's kind of a "life arc" that gets fulfilled when you've done it all and have all the money in the world, and reach a certain age. It's a very traditional arc for a humane human being.
- qeternity 1y ago
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  - ivape 1y ago
    That API was already reasonable before he took over Twitter. It was prohibitively priced afterward. You are making arguments out of things where there is objective proof otherwise. Anyways, I think he cut aid programs and fired a bunch of people too. That's a whole nother' matter though (I'll drop the whole holistic argument). For example the firehose/streaming API more or less require 5 grand a month, so off limits to a indie dev. Does he not even have solidarity with developers?
    - only-one1701 1y ago
      He’s not a developer and never really has been so why would he?
  - tehwebguy 1y ago
    lmao what?
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  - Loughla 1y ago
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    - qeternity 1y ago
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  - notsosureja1 1y ago
    Says a lot about your character that this is the way you think.
    - qeternity 1y ago
      Ok. It's more revealing that the rest of you are so offended by the truth.
      - ivape 1y ago
        The truth of what? Being an utter piece of shit?
- thomasanders0n 1y ago
  He still has a couple decades to go with his companies I would say.
reaperducer 1y ago
> Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be? Why shouldn't he be? He has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. Greed is not a virtue.
- MarcelOlsz 1y ago
  My uncle has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. A lake house, a main house, a few boats and cars. Elon is somewhere around 10,000x.
  - Barracoon 1y ago
    The median American net worth is $192,700. Elon’s net worth is $393.4 billion, so if I’m doing math right he’s about 204,000,000x more
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    - MarcelOlsz 1y ago
      I think you might be an order of magnitude off.
- threetonesun 1y ago
  When twitter became x they switched to basically the same limits Instagram has, I don't think this is a particular failing of Elons, even though he might have many. Restricting content from AI is the big messy debate we're going to see over and over for the next who knows how many years.
  - matthewdgreen 1y ago
    Twitter's strategy was to keep the platform very open and inviting, in order to make it relevant. This included having a relatively unrestricted API compared to other platforms. I don't know if this was successful or not. Ultimately they convinced someone to buy the platform for $44bn, so I guess you can say it was. That buy has locked the platform down more, and the new version certainly feels less culturally central and relevant than it used to.
notsosureja1 1y ago
Because it feels warm and fuzzy to be kind and empathic. Being hateful and greedy and letting avarice rule over your worldview is incredibly sad. But who am I to say.
foobarchu 1y ago
Maybe something to do with having built his fortune off the back of taxpayer subsidies?

It's kind of a "life arc" that gets fulfilled when you've done it all and have all the money in the world, and reach a certain age. It's a very traditional arc for a humane human being.

qeternity 1y ago
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- ivape 1y ago
  That API was already reasonable before he took over Twitter. It was prohibitively priced afterward. You are making arguments out of things where there is objective proof otherwise. Anyways, I think he cut aid programs and fired a bunch of people too. That's a whole nother' matter though (I'll drop the whole holistic argument). For example the firehose/streaming API more or less require 5 grand a month, so off limits to a indie dev. Does he not even have solidarity with developers?
  - only-one1701 1y ago
    He’s not a developer and never really has been so why would he?
- tehwebguy 1y ago
  lmao what?
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- Loughla 1y ago
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  - qeternity 1y ago
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- notsosureja1 1y ago
  Says a lot about your character that this is the way you think.
  - qeternity 1y ago
    Ok. It's more revealing that the rest of you are so offended by the truth.
    - ivape 1y ago
      The truth of what? Being an utter piece of shit?
thomasanders0n 1y ago
He still has a couple decades to go with his companies I would say.

reaperducer 1y ago

> Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be? Why shouldn't he be? He has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. Greed is not a virtue.

MarcelOlsz 1y ago
My uncle has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. A lake house, a main house, a few boats and cars. Elon is somewhere around 10,000x.
- Barracoon 1y ago
  The median American net worth is $192,700. Elon’s net worth is $393.4 billion, so if I’m doing math right he’s about 204,000,000x more
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  - MarcelOlsz 1y ago
    I think you might be an order of magnitude off.
threetonesun 1y ago
When twitter became x they switched to basically the same limits Instagram has, I don't think this is a particular failing of Elons, even though he might have many. Restricting content from AI is the big messy debate we're going to see over and over for the next who knows how many years.
- matthewdgreen 1y ago
  Twitter's strategy was to keep the platform very open and inviting, in order to make it relevant. This included having a relatively unrestricted API compared to other platforms. I don't know if this was successful or not. Ultimately they convinced someone to buy the platform for $44bn, so I guess you can say it was. That buy has locked the platform down more, and the new version certainly feels less culturally central and relevant than it used to.

notsosureja1 1y ago

Because it feels warm and fuzzy to be kind and empathic. Being hateful and greedy and letting avarice rule over your worldview is incredibly sad. But who am I to say.

foobarchu 1y ago

Maybe something to do with having built his fortune off the back of taxpayer subsidies?