Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%
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Single Euro Payments Area it's basically just your regular bank transfer in most of europe.
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They are on track to be worth less than BYD, the two will likely cross over quite soon.
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I don't think he has to care, but I think he might. SpaceX and Tesla are the only 2 brands he regularly promotes as he hopes people forget about all the other stolen, idiotic ideas that have failed.
He has mentioned many times in the past how "owning a Tesla is fiscally responsible". Considering DOGE and falling Tesla sales... it's only a matter of time until he sees if he can push Tesla as "The American Car" subsidised by tax payers and potentially cheaper then other brands (due to tariffs)... I don't put it past him to try to take over all the transportation in the country. He's stopped pretending he isn't just a super villain a while ago, so going out of our way to ensure that the most "affordable" car is his and cripple the nation further by literally controlling the means of transportation.
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OK I was generalising.
Nothing in your comment says you aren't be one of those who simply don't like him NOW.
Statistically more chance of that since all I saw for years was cringe papa elon, big brain Tony Stark bootlicking while it was indeed clear for anyone to see what a douche he was (not visibly fascist tho).
But Americans love their oligarch heroes.
Most people still think Bill Gates is a great philanthropist, while he is also an awful person with a more acceptable personality and image. -
I bought a Tesla years ago before Elon completely removed the mask.
No way I’d buy one now, but I also don’t want to sell it early and lose a tonne of money.
The Tesla board should intervene and remove him, but they won’t because he’s stacked it with yes men like his brother.
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Not quite but credit cards and Interac e-Transfer.
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Trump media stock was fun to watch too up until he won. I mean it's still going to crash and burn, but the election bought him some time.
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Dude's living in Model S days
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This is what makes Musk's B-line towards Nazi stardom so strange to me. Like, did he think Nazis were suddenly going to start buying electric cars? They literally put nuts on their trucks right next to their bumper stickers using homosexual slurs to describe electric vehicles, all while "rolling coal" in front of every Tesla they see on the road.
These are the people you want to market to?
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Tim Urban put his established "accessible intellectual blogger" credibility behind some truly convincing pro-Musk propaganda pieces on Wait But Why back in ~2015 or so, which at the time were inspiring and felt very believable for people searching for signs of an improving future. For me, Musk fell hard from that grace during the Thailand cave rescue when he attacked that British caver in the most absolutely childish way. I really resent that Urban hasn't gone back to readdress those old blog posts, but maybe he's just another paid shill.
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As a publicly traded US company, can't the board of directors vote Elon out because of tanking sales? Seems like that's the only way for the company to survive at this point.
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Musk isn't doing all of this to sell more Teslas
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This is why I wouldn't put it past them to try to hide the real sales numbers. Wouldn't surprise me if they're down 90+ percent and the company is effectively dead already. The board of directors are Elon's creatures and their personal wealth will depend on keeping the facade (and stock price) up so they aren't about to cry foul.
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Cause everyone at Tesla is a spineless grifter too.
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He's a fraud that knows his time is up and the only way out is through manipulating politics. That's basically the playbook of every grifter these days.
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I keep wondering how much of his behaviour has to do with his estranged kids telling him he's a dick as well as his Ketamine abuse.
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70% is just rookie numbers
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Why old Facebook accounts still matter:
-Your past likes, groups, comments, and interactions are stored and can still be used for ad profiling or sold as part of larger datasets.
-If you once liked a brand or a political page, that interest could still be factored into long-term data models.
-If you have active friends, their interactions with your old profile (e.g. tagging you in old posts, mentioning you) can still keep your account relevant to Meta’s algorithms.
-Your friends may have synced their contacts with Facebook, meaning your email or phone number could still be in Meta’s database.
-If you’ve ever used “Log in with Facebook” for third-party apps, Meta can see when and where you log in.
-Even if you don’t actively sign in, Facebook cookies might still track you across other websites (depending on your browser settings).
-Advertisers may have access to archived data that gets combined with current trends.
-Your profile might be included in anonymized datasets used for AI training or market analysis.
That made me wonder, in regard to your question, how much meta really makes out of Facebook accounts like yours.
Out of curiosity I asked Mistral how much an inactive Facebook account might generate daily. It estimated $0.005 but noted it could be even lower. Let’s take a careful guess at $0.001.
Ridiculously low, irrelevant, right?
Well, there are 3 billion Facebook users. Let‘s assume Facebook earns $0.001 for each account, each day.
This would be 3 billion times $0.001 which equals $3,000,000. Daily!
Links:
-The [Electronic Frontier Foundation's analysis](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/facebook-tracking-you-even-if-you-never-had-account-heres-how) of Facebook's tracking technologies
-[Privacy International's report](https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3757/how-facebook-tracks-you-android-even-if-you-dont-have-facebook-app) on how Facebook tracks users across devices
-The [Tracking Exposed project](https://tracking.exposed/facebook/) which documents Facebook's data collection methods
-[ProPublica's series on Facebook's data practices](https://www.propublica.org/series/machine-bias)
-The Washington Post's [investigation into Facebook's privacy controls](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/27/facebook-tracking-you/)
-Wired's coverage of [how Facebook continues tracking after account deactivation](https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-data-tracking-deactivated-account/)
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And those from the fucking UK apparently.
Very similar though - just waiting for them to elect farage to gut UK public services.
