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cgWerks said:

mark fearing said:
What? It’s doing well? Half the audience or more left it. Advertisers left it. He bought it, overpaid because of ego, and they will write it off as it falls apart.

Sorry, that's total baloney. A few people left. Advertisers virtue-signaled and have been returning. He probably did vastly overpay, but he seems to have done that at least partly in principal (which, makes him a hero for that aspect, at least).

Lots to unpack here. First. Twitter lost 89% of its ad revenue since Musk took over, and lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers. That's not virtue-signaling, that's flight. They have lost 4% of users so far in 2023, and a projected 5% in 2024 (Business Insider) for a total of 32 million dropping out or switching. In the US, average daily active users declined 15%.

As far as overpaying "in principal" (I assume you mean "principle"), rich people, even Musk, don't do that, that's why they're rich. They use their wealth to leverage the best deal. Hmm, he didn't do that. We assume he's extremely wealthy because we are told he is, based on evaluation of his properties. Of course, until someone writes him a check, it's just an evaluation, not cash.

As far as SpaceX being successful, absolutely. Profitable, maybe not. According to Motley Fool, they made 0,2% on $1 billion in revenue. Tesla, on the other hand, is quite profitable--but the profit right now is from selling regulatory credits to other auto makers, not from selling cars.

charlesn said:

OH PUH-LEEZ.... yet another "Apple is doomed" IDC estimate. Yawn. Honestly, Apple Insider, it's a disgrace that you publish this as "news" instead of "fiction." As the saying goes, if I had a penny for every fake doom headline about Apple published by IDC, I'd be a very wealthy man. Once again, when Apple actually releases its Q1 earnings in a few weeks. we will see that this is utter nonsense as we always do. 

IDC has been doing this for decades. They used to have Microsoft and Intel as major clients, so it always seemed to have a built in bias. True nowadays, I don't know.

Madbum said:

Fake story, staged, this is plant of 399k people , those post show what? 50 people?

I have friends in China , this is work of a anti America and anti Taiwan group 

Foxconn's Zhengzhou facility currently has 200,000 employees. It could theoretically employ 350,000, but does not currently do so. (Reuters). It only takes a minute to get the correct numbers.

Second, "fake" and "staged" by whom--Foxconn? The PRC? Who exactly is benefitting from the fakery?

Third, suppose I post a picture of seven people at a bus top. Does that mean that the big city in which the bus runs only has seven people?

Fourth, I have friends all over the world. It doesn't mean they know anything.

B-Mc-C said:

As others in this thread have stated, this is about the leader of the executive branch sending his DOJ to squash an American innovator as a favor to the Chinese, simply because he and his son have multiple business relationships with them.

You may have to wait until the end of Biden's term, but you will find no evidence that Biden is using the DOJ as his personal law firm, unlike T*****p (the Mafia Donnie)  did on a continual basis, with Sessions, Rosenstein and Barr as Attorneys General. As far "quashing" an American innovator, you don't even know what the DOJ's specific interest is in this case, much less what action, if any, they would take after it reaches a judgement.  

As far as the DOJ inserting itself into a civil case, it is allowable, and frequently used, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 24(a) and 24(b) et al, first established in 1936. These rules are promulgated by the Supreme Court, pursuant to the Rules Enabling Act, after which the rule/s are submitted to Congress, which has the power to veto the rule/s. This is not some "revolutionary" action, as many of you have implied.

jcc said:

Why?! Her forefathers raped and pillaged countless people all over the world. Did no one take any history lessons? Did Tim Cook not study history??

Who, the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas?