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Elon Musk Reportedly Demanded to Become Apple CEO as Part of Potential Tesla Acquisition [Update: Musk Denies]
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So the total revenue now determines if a company is doing something of value? By that benchmark, Microsoft is obviously just as good a choice as Apple, since it consistently averages over 32 billion per quarter, and has over the last 5 years!And yet "nobody" have pushed Mac revenues to their highest peaks in history - to the tune of USD 35 billion in the past four quarters alone.
Heck, Tesla as a company in 2020 had total revenues just above what Mac as a division brought in over the same period.
Tesla is half baked garbage? 😂
My model 3 goes from 0-100km/h in 4 seconds, can travel over 400kms, charges on solar power and costs a half of the equivalent Audi.
still, I suppose my 16” MBP i9 doubles as a heater, so that’s innovative 🤷♂️
Regardless of these events, Musk is a bit strange and is essentially a troll IMO.
Obviously untrue. Don’t see why people are even giving this its time of day.
Telsa wouldnt turn any profit if not for government subsidies.
A story like this would normally make me roll my eyes in disbelief but with Musk I have to wonder just a little. I have zero respect for Elon Musk and wouldn't put it past that manchild to try and pull something like this. Either way, it would never happen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/...es-from-mark-zuckerberg.html?showTranscript=1
Quote: "You know, I’ve never spoken to Elon, although I have great admiration and respect for the company he’s built."
I don't know if I'm inclined to believe Elon when he says he and Cook have never spoken, but if he and Cook are saying the same thing then this probably never happened. Plus, the author wrote:
So he got the story "according to people who heard it". Sounds legit. The story makes no sense on many levels and the whole book is probably BS. The only thing that gets more headlines than "Apple" or "Tesla" is "Apple and Tesla".
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Something extremely successful people seem to do a lot is never say no. He didn't know if Apple would say no, so he said yes, and gave a condition. I think if Apple said yes, he would've sold it if he could guarantee he would get to run Apple for a certain period of time, get the significant number of shares associated with that, etc. Sure, Elon probably figured it was the smallest chance in the world, but the lesson is you don't say no. You never know where yes can take you, and you always reserve the right to say no in the future. I read about this concept several years ago and it has helped me make more connections and become more successful financially.
I don't think Cook said "f*** you". I'm not a big fan of Timmy, but that's not how he does business. Ignore him, yes... spout vulgarities on the phone, probably not.
Elon doesn't want to run Apple, his heart is in SpaceX. Elon is about making history. It's the next thing all men do after they defeat capitalism and make more money than they can spend. Tim is just the CEO of a company he didn't build. Musk built two very successful companies and several other successful organizations. Tim is a businessman, and Musk is a first class entrepreneur.
Elon doesn't want to run Apple, his heart is in SpaceX. Elon is about making history. It's the next thing all men do after they defeat capitalism and make more money than they can spend. Tim is just the CEO of a company he didn't build. Musk built two very successful companies and several other successful organizations. Tim is a businessman, and Musk is a first class entrepreneur.
Musks family made their fortune on the back of Apartheid and slaves in South Africa working in mines... As far as I am concerned, he should be taxed into oblivion alongside Jeff Bezos.
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At this point I'm not sure why MR would even report this. It's absolute garbage. Even the way the exchange is written is scriptwriting 101. Who is the hack or hacks writing this book?
At this point I'm not sure why MR would even report this. It's absolute garbage. Even the way the exchange is written is scriptwriting 101. Who is the hack or hacks writing this book?
I can’t believe how wrong you are in one long drawn out couple of paragraphs.
Whatever happened, we probably won’t know really. I like both companies but since it’s apple die hard fans forum there won’t be much rational thinking.
In any way, looking today at both companies and what Apple has done and how well they’re doing shows that it was for a good reason. Elon Musk took the brand all by himself and on top of that other projects like space x, the boring company, neuralink is fascinating.
The point is, what happened, it happened for a reason and both people and companies are doing pretty darn well.
In any way, looking today at both companies and what Apple has done and how well they’re doing shows that it was for a good reason. Elon Musk took the brand all by himself and on top of that other projects like space x, the boring company, neuralink is fascinating.
The point is, what happened, it happened for a reason and both people and companies are doing pretty darn well.
Agreed mate. I'm in Australia and literally nobody owns them because well:
- There aren't really any Model 3's. It's taken them 3-4 years to deliver small batches at 2-3x the price they initially anticipated.
- The Model 3 (base model, no extras) is very expensive. It's a comparable to high-end luxury cars and sure it takes off quickly (so what? We have speed limits), but IMO the polish of cars in that sorta price category is so much better.
- There's no government subsidies. There's favourable loans... but I'm not borrowing $75k for a car! It's too much and I'd rather pay-off my house quicker instead of having what will be a $$$ pile of environmentally unsound scrap metal/plastic/battery acid in ~5 years time when the battery goes bung. No thanks!
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No you’re wrong. I don’t need to explain how you’re wrong or why I think you’re wrong, I just need to say you’re wrong.
Oh and also Apple haven’t been that innovative in years. Your comment is telling considering you think Apple and Tesla are some of the most innovative companies around right now lol.
For apple car because they have self driving cars and apple want to make a self driving car
tbh fam Tesla cars is a huge and expensive amount of battery and that’s basically it. Their “innovation” was targeting a higher price class that enabled a **** ton of battery capacity, and making the car not look like an autistic fever dream from ikea (looking at you bmw i3).
consider the following and tell me he’s not a charlatan.
Hyperloop
Vegas loop
Dugout loop
Tesla Semi
Bunch of half baked woo woo future tech vaporware pipe dream bull-**** that if it ever does materialize is nothing like the 3D renderings that get Reddit soys moist.
I’m sure musk would have been all over “solar freaking roadways” but that retarded dweeb burnout beat him to it.
Realistically he’s a frontman for a lot of semiprivate three letter agency research but if that’s the case I don’t get why they permit the musk sideshow.
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This didn't happen. Conversations aren't like in the movies.
Kind of worrying so many people fall for this obvious bullcrap.
I crapping on Cook is just what is done around here but… I don’t get it.
Apple has simply become more and more of a juggernaut under his leadership and he was absolutely instrumental during their growth when Jobs returned.
No, he’s not the showman Jobs was but… almost no one is.
I actually hope this is true. Musk is interesting but also a delusional side show. Jobs has a reality distortion field that affected everyone else. Musk is a victim of his own. And he’s so thin skinned.