Every week there's some new drama involving Elon Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter. And this time, it directly affects Tesla.
The current drama stems from Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic post on X, for which he initially didn't apologize, although a week later he admitted it was a mistake. He apologized further, but was already attacking Disney. Meanwhile, a massive backlash ensued, with many companies pulling advertising from X, including Apple and Disney.
Musk took particular issue with frequent right-wing target Disney - in the interview where he apologized for the tweet, he attacked advertisers for pulling out almost in the same breath.
He also decided to single out Disney, which he sees as "infected with the woke mind virus," by telling advertisers to "Go f**k yourself" and then saying "Hey, Bob," which was aimed at CEO Bob Iger, who Musk believed was in the room.
Elon Musk on Disney ad revenue and Bob Iger.
— Tony Stonk ™ (@DickTugging) November 30, 2023
“I hope they stop, don’t advertise.”
• “You don’t want them to advertise?”
“No.”
• “What do you mean?”
“If someone is going to blackmail with advertisers, blackmail me with money? Go fuck yourself!”
“…”
“GO. FUCK. YOURSELF!” pic.twitter.com/W3CblzLW3z
Electrek heard from a source that Tesla informed Disney+ last week that it would remove its native app from the Tesla Theatre in its vehicles without giving a reason as to why.
A few days later, Tesla told Disney that it would only remove the app for Tesla owners who never used the app before.
The automaker now appears to have acted on the threat, as many Tesla owners are reporting not seeing the Disney+ app in Tesla Theatre anymore. Others, presumably those who have used the app before, are still seeing the app available in their cars.
Source: Electrek
