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    • Yggstyle@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      I’m hearing ‘once you have money do…’

      Care to tell me where that gullible userbase is coming from? Pray, tell - what do they come for?

      Before that is even a factor you must either be first - with research and development … and manufacturing… and distribution… or better. Or cheaper! Or able to undercut the competition.

      Of the things mentioned… I seem to be struggling to find the element lacking a substantial financial investment.

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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        20 days ago

        Care to tell me where that gullible userbase is coming from?

        They’re not all gullible. A lot of VC types are obsessive gamblers, they’ll throw money at anything that sounds like it might have a high return.

        Pray, tell - what do they come for?

        That’s where the marketing comes in. Elon is pretty good at selling these big ideas, making them sound futuristic and world-changing. He not only sells those ideas to VCs, but also to the government. A lot of his businesses have pulled in substantial government contract money. The public rarely gets any return from those tax dollars.