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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 60 points 1 year ago

I remember a fellow saying Elon is a very business savvy person, because of his 2 other successful companies, Tesla and SpaceX. I guess ruining communications with potential advertisers on a platform that depends entirely on advertisers wasn't a very intelligent move.

[-] IDatedSuccubi@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

If I recall correctly, Tesla was actually cash-negavite for like half a decade after Musk bought it, surviving off investors and SpaceX's success, I remember it was very big news when it finaly went cash-positive and subs like WSB were all over r/all

[-] vacuumflower 16 points 1 year ago

SpaceX became profitable not all at once as well.

I think we should all remember that company's success is also a function of investors' money AND public trust. SpaceX for some people was a symbol of all things modern. Tesla as well to some extent.

With such amount of trust no wonder these finally became profitable.

Ah, also companies engineering vehicles and spacecraft are rather different from a company the whole purpose of which is matching people (readers to posters, advertisers to customers, so on).

[-] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Could you please point me to where I can find info on Spacex profitability? I've done a google search, but all I can find is revenue.

[-] vacuumflower 1 points 1 year ago

I can't, I just remember the moment where they said that they are finally profitable, and that was after regular commercial launches by them becoming a thing.

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