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Today, Musk can't control his "violent temper", angrily spewing "Apple tax" that the apple app store charging policy is equivalent to imposing a 30% tax on the entire Internet industry, which is definitely not OK.
In the previous article "Eight Questions About Musk's Acquisition of Twitter", It was mentioned that Musk is the kind of person who "doesn't talk much", saying that if you want to buy Twitter, it is not ink, you must buy. But on the other hand, Musk "talks a lot", not that kind of talk, but dare to speak.
Musk often "gets guilty for his words", for example, in 2018, Musk tweeted that he would take Tesla private, and even claimed to have found a buyer who could pay him $420 for his US stock.
This remark led musk to be directly fined $20 million by the US securities regulator and launched an investigation into it; Musk was certainly not willing to be punished, and he continued to tweet and complain about the regulator.
Therefore, musk, a cruel person who even the regulators "don't pay attention to", no matter who it is, as long as the old horse is upset, it must be fiercely complained. In addition to spraying the "apple tax", Musk also intimidated Bill Gates, Bezos, and even Chinese car companies BYD and Xiaopeng Motors.
Today, we may wish to take a brief inventory of the big guys and brands that Musk has sprayed.
Apple
Since it comes to Musk spraying the "apple tax", let's talk about his relationship with Apple.
A book published in 2021 titled "Game of Thrones: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century" revealed that Musk had a phone call with Apple's CEO in 2016 and talked about the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla.
In the phone call, Musk said that if he wants the deal to close, he must make himself Ceo of Apple. The book describes that as soon as Musk's remarks came out, Cook immediately became angry and even responded to Musk with profanity.
However, this description of the book, both Cook and Musk denied its authenticity. Cook said in an interview that he had never spoken to Musk but had great respect for Tesla; Musk also tweeted that the book was fake and boring. However, Musk revealed that he did want to ask to meet with Cook about the possibility of Apple buying Tesla, but Cook refused to meet.
Musk's response also mentioned that Tesla's market capitalization at that time was only 6% of what it is now.
Musk may think that Cook is somewhat "lack of vision", or that Cook's refusal to meet with Musk embarrasses Musk, for whatever reason, and musk has since sprayed Apple several times.
In July 2021, at the shareholders' meeting after Tesla released its second-quarter 2021 financial report, Musk twice criticized Apple. At that time, Apple was rumored to be developing and manufacturing an electric car, and it also poached many Tesla employees.
Musk said of supply chain issues that he thinks Apple uses almost 100% cobalt in batteries, mobile phones and laptops, but Tesla hardly uses it. At the time, some cobalt mined in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo or alleged human rights abuses such as child labor. In 2019, Apple was listed as a defendant in a human rights lawsuit.
Musk criticized Apple for strictly restricting the way apps are installed. At the time, Apple and Epic Game filed a lawsuit over App Store fees and policies, and Musk accused Apple of building a "walled garden" against competitors.
In October 2021, Apple began selling polishing cloth priced at $19 and domestically priced at $145, which also made Musk can't help but ridicule Apple.
At the time, Cook tweeted to celebrate the opening of a new Apple store in Istanbul, Turkey, while Musk commented on Cook's tweet: "Come and see the Apple polishing cloth."
Jokes turned to ridicule, and I didn't expect musk to quickly learn Apple's "routine".
In December 2021, Tesla launched a CyberTruck pickup-shaped whistle for $50, or about 318 yuan. Musk tweeted: "Don't waste money on stupid Apple polishing cloth, come and buy a Tesla whistle."
Although a whistle sold for more than 300 yuan, this whistle was still snapped up.
Bill gates
Compared with the "dispute" with Apple, the "love-hate feud" between Musk and Bill Gates is more complicated.
Recently, Gates and Musk have frequently "quarreled", and there is an increasingly fierce posture, which has triggered a large number of melon-eating masses to watch. The relationship between the two dates back 7 years.
In March 2015, Musk and Gates were invited to the Boao Forum for Asia, which was the first time they were in the same frame. At the meeting, Musk talked about artificial intelligence and said that the direction of developing artificial intelligence is right, but it cannot be rushed, and safety is the most important. Gates also agreed with Musk's views. After that, whether it is innovation or driverless topics, the two people's views are the same.
It is worth noting that Musk has always been not optimistic about artificial intelligence and has published some "AI threat theories"; and Gates is a staunch "supporter".
Perhaps out of courtesy, the two did not argue at the Boao Forum, but it was not long before the contradiction between Gates and Musk became apparent.
In 2016, Gates said in a speech at the Code conference that the dream of artificial intelligence is about to come true. Humans have made great progress in the field of artificial intelligence, and in the future, AI can even make humans better in some fields.
Musk also predicted the development of AI, saying that humans are very likely to become the pets of robots in the future, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, human IQ will stagnate, the most serious consequence is that robots surpass humans to become the theme of operating the world, humans may be pet-like existence in the minds of robots.
At this time, Gates and Musk have a sharp difference of opinion, but this difference of view has evolved over time into a bit of "looking down on each other".
In 2018, Bill Gates publicly questioned Musk's "Hyperloop" project at an event, saying: "I'm not sure if the Hyperloop concept makes sense, it's hard to make it safe." However, at that time, Gates did not completely reject Musk, he stressed that he was very optimistic about electric vehicles and self-driving cars.
Unexpectedly, Musk did not respond to Gates' comment. As a result, Gates gradually began to "gain inches".
In February 2019, Gates said in an interview about Tesla saying that Tesla is an amazing company and is very popular. I thought he would exaggerate, but I didn't expect Gates to turn around, saying bluntly that Tesla still has a small market share, and tesla's situation will be more difficult without government tax credits. Gates said that as more eviction makers join in, there will be great EV options in the future.
Similarly, Musk did not respond to Gates' remarks.
In 2020, Gates once again evaluated Tesla in a "confusing" way. He first praised Tesla as a leader in the electric vehicle market in the interview, and also stressed that "Tesla is absolutely incredible, they have great products, and the popularity is very high."
However, after praising Tesla, Gates suddenly said: "I just bought a Porsche electric car Taycan", and revealed that this is his first electric car, "although the Porsche Taycan premium is high, it is very cool, I like it".
Gates's remarks are really confusing, but Musk did not remain silent this time, Musk responded to fans on Twitter, saying, "I have talked to Bill Gates, but it is very boring."
Since then, Bill Gates and Musk have begun to become more tit-for-tat.
In May 2020, when the covid-19 pandemic began to break out on a large scale in Europe and the United States, Musk tweeted that "panic about the new crown virus is stupid." Musk's "confusing" remarks naturally caused a lot of controversy.
Gates, who has been investing heavily in the medical field, has been mercilessly attacking Musk this time. In July 2020, Gates said on CNBC that Musk has done a good job on electric cars and rockets, but he is not involved in vaccine research and development and does not understand this area, so don't comment on the areas he does not understand.
In response to Gates' comment, Musk suddenly tweeted two times in a row: "Billy G (Bill Gates) is not my lover" and "The rumor that Bill Gates and I are lovers is completely false."
Musk's words quickly became popular, and netizens simply began to bump the "CP" of the two of them. Musk then tweeted, "I... I died in your arms tonight." This is to push himself and Gates to the top of public opinion.
However, Bill Gates did not respond to Musk's tumultuous operation. The "two-person CP" incident gradually came to an end, but the two people's mouth-to-mouth is far from over.
In September 2020, Gates pointed out in an article that electric vehicles will be the mainstream of the future, but even if there are major breakthroughs in battery technology, products such as trucks, cargo ships and passenger aircraft will not be able to use batteries as practical solutions. Gates even directly named Tesla's electric truck Semi "probably not a reality."
In response, Musk unceremoniously responded that "he doesn't know anything about electric trucks."
Musk and Gates pinpointed against Mai Mang, and so far, Musk has even begun to "personally attack" Gates.
Last month, some netizens exposed a chat between Musk and Gates, which showed that Musk questioned whether Gates held a short position in Tesla of $500 million, and after receiving a positive answer, Musk declined Gates's invitation to discuss philanthropy.
Shortly after the record was exposed, Musk tweeted confirmation that the content was true, and also sent an emoji emoji to mock Gates's figure.
On May 5, Bill Gates commented on Musk's acquisition of Twitter, saying, "It's not what he's best at, his accomplishments at Tesla and SpaceX are very shocking, he put together a great team of engineers and brought out people who work in these areas, so that they really see hope." But after the acquisition of Twitter, I have some doubts about whether he can do it again. ”
At present, Musk has not responded, but the two have obviously settled, how long will the dispute between them last?
Zuckerberg
Like Bill Gates, Zuckerberg is also a supporter of artificial intelligence, which also led to Zuckerberg and Musk also quarreling. However, the initiator of everything may be due to the failure of the SpaceX rocket launch in 2016.
In 2016, one of Facebook's satellites was launched by SpaceX, but the launch ultimately failed. Zuckerberg issued a statement at the time, saying, "We are deeply disappointed that our satellite was destroyed by the failed launch of the SpaceX rocket, which could have provided Internet access for many people on the African continent." ”
Maybe Musk screwed up Facebook's satellite program, and Zucker Burke was upset and didn't deal with Musk.
In 2017, in response to Musk's "AI threat theory", Zuckerberg responded that "artificial intelligence will make our lives better in the future, and the doomsday theory is very irresponsible." I think some people who are always opposed are trying to incite doomsdayism. I really don't quite understand, it's so negative, and sometimes I think it's very irresponsible. ”
Musk immediately hit back, "I discussed this with Zuckerberg, and he knows too little about AI. ”
Musk even directly cancelled the two Facebook accounts of SpaceX and Tesla with more than 5 million followers.
In 2018, Facebook was accused of stealing user information privately to help Trump win the U.S. election.
During this time, Musk tweeted "What is Facebook?" Musk then said, "If you are a man, you should delete the Facebook accounts of Space X and Tesla."
As a result, the official Facebook accounts of Tesla and SpaceX were really cancelled, and the two numbers together exceeded 5 million fans.
Sure enough, Musk has long proved that he is a ruthless man who must do what he says and does.
Bezos
To say that Musk is afraid of Bill Gates and Zuckerberg, there are some reasons such as different positions and views of the two sides, but between him and Amazon Bezos, it can be said that his real peers are wrongdoers.
Amazon and Musk's business direction is currently in a competitive relationship, which also makes the gunpowder between Bezos and Musk more intense.
After Bezos announced the formation of the Space Internet Plan in April 2019, Musk tweeted that he was a "copycat" person.
This is partly because SpaceX launched a similar program in February 2018, the StarLink project; on the other hand, Tesla has filed a lawsuit with ZOOX, an autonomous driving company acquired by Amazon, over disputes such as the theft of trade secrets, and finally reached a settlement with ZOOX's apology and compensation.
Of course, Bezos also criticized Musk's "landing on Mars" plan as wrong, and Bezos believes that it is impossible to skip the moon and land directly on Mars.
Subsequently, SpaceX and Blue Origin competed in rocket recycling, marine recycling and other businesses, and did not give in to each other.
Major car companies
In addition to intimidating various technology industry tycoons, Musk still does not let go of major car companies, even including Chinese car companies Weilai and Xiaopeng BYD.
In 2017, Musk mocked the traditional car company Toyota: "incredibly stupid", and Toyota responded that "maybe it is". In November 2020, at the Toyota earnings conference, Akio Toyoda commented on Tesla: "Tesla is like a restaurant that promotes and sells novel recipes... It didn't actually create any real business. ”
Gates bought the Porsche Taycan, Musk commented, "If the traffic is congested, the car in front of you will spew out harmful gases and directly enter the air intake of your air conditioner, fortunately, the internal combustion engine manufacturers did not cheat on emissions, or it would be trouble." ”
For Ford, Musk described its production hall as a morgue. Ford responded that the Ford Rouge factory production line, every 53 seconds there is a high-tech, high-quality F-150 off the production line, Elon should go to check what is wrong with their factory;
Musk also criticized GM's investment in self-driving as a quick success, "a team of programmers with self-driving software demonstrations sold for $1 billion"; and the former vice president of GM recalled that Tesla was heading for bankruptcy.
When Volkswagen encountered the "emission gate" incident, Musk joked, "If I take over Volkswagen, I will lead Volkswagen to become the leader of zero-emission vehicles." Former Volkswagen CEO Mu Yi said that Tesla is simply a world champion in terms of bragging.
Several domestic car companies have not been spared.
At the end of 2020, the stock price of NIO was $42 per share, while Tesla's stock price was $420 per U.S. stock. Musk's blunt comment said: "420 is ten times more than 42".
That same year, after Xiaopeng Motors demonstrated its latest self-driving system, Musk commented that "Xiaopeng Motors has an older version of Tesla software, but does not have the latest neural network computer." Xiao Peng responded at the time: "Prepare to be beaten by us next year and can't find the east."
Recently, BYD announced that it sold 106,000 new energy vehicles in April, an increase of 387.94% year-on-year. It is worth noting that this sales data is the first time that the sales volume of domestic car companies has exceeded that of joint venture brands.
Although BYD has achieved such a good result, it has also been fiercely despised by Musk.
According to a previous video of Musk's interview, when asked about BYD," Musk actually laughed directly, expressed disdain, and bluntly said, "I don't think BYD has any good products."
However, for Musk's evaluation, BYD's current performance is the toughest response.
There is a saying called "temper and strength coexist, no strength to set off the temper is just incompetent rage", Musk is straight, may not be liked by everyone, but it must be admitted that he does have the strength to do well in many fields.
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