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[โ€“] frezik@midwest.social 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The company redefined a word in the space of less than a decade. Huge marketing success when you pull that off. Elon just couldn't let go of his old idea from the PayPal days that the rest of the board back then told him was a bad idea.

[โ€“] exocrinous@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Elon just really likes naming things X. Including his son.