Tesla has removed Disney+ from some of its vehicles amid Elon Musk having an online fight with Disney CEO Bob Iger. The fight started when Disney halted its advertising on X after Musk agreed with and amplified antisemitic content, for which he eventually apologized.
Every week, there’s a new drama with Elon Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter. It sometimes indirectly affects Tesla, but this time, it affects it directly.
The current drama stems from Musk giving support to an antisemitic post on X, which he didn’t initially apologize for, though admitted that it was a mistake a week later. He further apologized but was already attacking Disney. In the meantime, the result was a massive backlash, where many companies stopped advertising on X, including Apple and Disney.
Musk took a particular issue with frequent right-wing target Disney – in the interview when he apologized for the tweet, he attacked advertisers for pulling out almost in the same breath.
Oh no, now what will I watch while autopilot launches me into the side of a truck?
I am sure you can still watch OAN
But I wanted to die to Moana :(
See the light as it shines on the sea It’s blinding But no one knows, how deep it goes And it seems like it’s calling out to me, so come find me And let me know What’s beyond that line, will I cross that line
See the light as it shines
Did your granny say listen to your heart Be who you are on the inside I need three words to tear her argument apart Your granny lied! I’d rather be…
Shiny!! Like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck Scrub the deck and make it look…
Shiny!! I will sparkle like a wealthy woman’s neck Just a sec!
Schafrillas time
LET ME CROSS THAT LINE ELON YOU BASTARD
[NEURALINK CHIP DETECTED, NOW MODULATING YOUR EMOTIONS TO WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LEVELS]
Banning driving on the phone while allowing iPads to be put im dashboards shows how fucking stupid our legislators really are.
Poor people can’t afford Teslas so it’s fine.
They’re more likely to run over a pedestrian then get themselves hurt.
Ah yes, the famous cancel culture that the Right hates so much. I’m sure they’ll turn on Elon for this.
They already aren’t buying electric cars lol
The whole “Elon swings hard right while trying to sell electric cars” is crazy. It would be like me selling “roll coal” kits and deciding that my market had to be Progressives because I was going to insult everyone on the right.
You’d be surprised actually now that Musk has become what they think of as a counter-culture icon. Some Trump voters out there trading in their 4WD pickups for Cybertrucks.
Punishing your customers because Mickey Mouse made you cry. Just Elon Things!
If I was ever going to get a Tesla, this would convince me not to. It’s bad enough when cars have built in features blocked by subscriptions like heated seats, or apps removed due to contract disputes like YouTube. But having your entire car at the whim of someone like this is wild. Imagine you can’t use your GPS because you made a post he didn’t like.
Also, is this legal? It kinda feels like extortion at least. Maybe false advertisement if it was an advertised feature.
Also, is this legal?
Legal? Defintely: it’s at most a civil disagreement between corporate-preople. If it were anyone other than Elon, I’d be sure that the contracts included some kind of termination clause that lets Tesla do this, possibly by still paying Disney+, possibly by paying Disney a termination fee. Because it’s Elon, I’d say there’s probably a lawsuit incoming, just as soon as Disney Legal’s printers finish the gold leaf trim on 1000 page filing.
I think they’re looking for more a consumer perspective. Disney will probably sue for a breach of contract, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if they somehow ended up signing a TOS that allows Tesla to make changes whenever they want. From a consumer perspective, definitely legal to just remove an app. False advertising? Nah, when you buy the car/use the infotainment center, you’re agreeing to a TOS that requires you give your first born to the gigafactory they built.
Seriously though, it’s very standard practice that a TOS includes language that the service can change in quality at any given time with no warning.
This guys skin is so thin it’s translucent.
Right? I’ve never seen anyone so petty. And for some reason I can’t avoid him, he’s fucking everywhere. He’s this decade’s Paris Hilton.
What a thin-skinned wanker
As a Tesla model 3 owner, musk scares me on his lunatic whims that he could just fuck my car over. Only reason I got a Tesla was because it is one of the top EVs. Love my Tesla but hate musk. The company would be so much better without that deranged sad little man.
Thankfully they really aren’t anymore. Plenty of new evs out there with sunstancially better quality now a days.
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I just received a Tesla software update and Disney+ still works.
I’m sure the Tesla shareholders will be so pleased with this change. Rivian won’t even need to make a decent R2 to have customers move over, Elon continues to keep screwing things up. He needs to stop and take a back seat on everything, mans an idiot when it comes to most changes/ideas
Realistically Elon will be kicked off from the CEO position long before that.
I was thinking it was weird to watch Disney while driving, but I guess people who can afford an unused car can afford to have kids while keeping them both fed and entertained.
So, have conservatives started buying his cars en masse yet because of these shenanigans?
Of course, the other advertisers are all going back to Twitter.
This is a soap opera for billionaire jock sniffers.
Legit question. Are Tesla OS hackable yet? I would love to have full control over my car.
