[perihelions]

Tangent: Is this blogger (Lambert) stilled contractually owed a next-gen Tesla Roadster, as his affiliate reward for his lifetime number of Tesla purchase referrals? Or has that fallen apart in some way? He was a pro-Tesla superfan turned Tesla-skeptic blogger-journalist—I imagine he's near the top of that Tesla CEO's blacklist now, and I'm really curious how the extreme personal animosity intersects with (what I understand to have been) contractual obligations on Tesla's part.

I haven't followed this story in years.

[ryandvm]

I doubt it. Elon seems to be operating from Trump's "what the fuck are they gonna do about it?" playbook. To be fair, this playbook works really well if you have enough money to just pay lawyers to run interference for you 24 hours a day.

[perihelions]

I'm aware of that reputation—that's precisely why I'm curious!