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mike1 said:

Hmm. What's the margin on his cars as well as software upgrades?

I was thinking the markup on power at Superchargers might be a better parallel.

25 cents/KW for post 2017 purchases. Article had 13.5 cents/KW for the home rate. Plus expected markup beyond that if you charge a non-Tesla using a CCS adapter.

Also, to counter all the misinformation from the "Free Speech" crowd:

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/18/fascinating-new-study-suggests-again-that-twitter-moderation-is-biased-against-misinformation-not-conservatives/

"Truth Detector"? It's like all the "Patriots" out there - I don't think you know the meaning of the word.

lkrupp said:

So at least we now know that ALL governments are hell bent on surveilling their citizens and will do anything to prevent effective security and privacy. 

So, Spain was the last one on your "ALL governments" hyperbole bingo card?

M68000 said:

mikethemartian said:

Dr. Dre threw a woman down a flight of stairs in public and then joked about it and Tim Cook loves him.

Really?  If that is true than that is a disgrace and not a good look for Cook if he is aware of this.

It's actually not true - he only attempted to throw her down the stairs - the real story (from 1991) is arguably worse: after excessive drinking and the whole of NWA angered by an interview Dee Barnes gave to Ice Cube in which Ice Cube dissed members of NWA: "He picked her up by her hair and "began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway" as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dr. Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women’s rest room. Dr. Dre followed her and "grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head.""

This lawsuit appears to be a consumer group, not the government of the Netherlands.