▲ 349 ▼ Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark (futurism.com) submitted 3 years ago by storksforlegs@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] prole@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) X is just nostalgia, How is 'X' nostalgia? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Didros@beehaw.org 36 points 3 years ago (2 children) Elon started x.com back when he was balding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] StarServal@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago And he never grew up from then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] roi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) But wasn’t x.com PayPal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 3 years ago Yes, mostly. X.com was Musk's site after he worked at Scotiabank. They merged with another site that had a product called Paypal that was getting some traction. Musk tried to tie the other services X.com was offering at the hip with Paypal, and if you're old enough you probably remember a "Paypal by X.com" (or similar) branding back when you needed to buy a used 56k modem from eBay. Musk wanted to rebrand everything to x.com, was a huge baby about it, and got pushed out as an executive and replaced by Peter Thiel. A few years ago, Musk purchased the X.com domain name from Paypal like it was a treasured childhood sled, and he's finally found something (very stupid) to do with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Didros@beehaw.org 36 points 3 years ago (2 children) Elon started x.com back when he was balding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] StarServal@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago And he never grew up from then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] roi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) But wasn’t x.com PayPal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 3 years ago Yes, mostly. X.com was Musk's site after he worked at Scotiabank. They merged with another site that had a product called Paypal that was getting some traction. Musk tried to tie the other services X.com was offering at the hip with Paypal, and if you're old enough you probably remember a "Paypal by X.com" (or similar) branding back when you needed to buy a used 56k modem from eBay. Musk wanted to rebrand everything to x.com, was a huge baby about it, and got pushed out as an executive and replaced by Peter Thiel. A few years ago, Musk purchased the X.com domain name from Paypal like it was a treasured childhood sled, and he's finally found something (very stupid) to do with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StarServal@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago And he never grew up from then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) But wasn’t x.com PayPal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 3 years ago Yes, mostly. X.com was Musk's site after he worked at Scotiabank. They merged with another site that had a product called Paypal that was getting some traction. Musk tried to tie the other services X.com was offering at the hip with Paypal, and if you're old enough you probably remember a "Paypal by X.com" (or similar) branding back when you needed to buy a used 56k modem from eBay. Musk wanted to rebrand everything to x.com, was a huge baby about it, and got pushed out as an executive and replaced by Peter Thiel. A few years ago, Musk purchased the X.com domain name from Paypal like it was a treasured childhood sled, and he's finally found something (very stupid) to do with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 3 years ago Yes, mostly. X.com was Musk's site after he worked at Scotiabank. They merged with another site that had a product called Paypal that was getting some traction. Musk tried to tie the other services X.com was offering at the hip with Paypal, and if you're old enough you probably remember a "Paypal by X.com" (or similar) branding back when you needed to buy a used 56k modem from eBay. Musk wanted to rebrand everything to x.com, was a huge baby about it, and got pushed out as an executive and replaced by Peter Thiel. A few years ago, Musk purchased the X.com domain name from Paypal like it was a treasured childhood sled, and he's finally found something (very stupid) to do with it. permalink fedilink source parent