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The domain X.com had previously been used by sites running afoul of the country’s rules on “negative” content.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down6·1 year agoTo be fair this is not Musks fault, this is Indonesia being Indonesia.
minus-squaretoasteecup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoA failure to do market research is absolutely a company owner’s fault. Indonesia being Indonesia is not musk’s fault, but not doing the bare minimum of looking into things is musk’s fault.
minus-squareDoorbell0008@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI don’t think the point is that it’s his fault they have crazy laws. I think it’s his fault that he didn’t anticipate this would be a problem. I’m sure he did ZERO due diligence. I guarantee this came as a surprise to him.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes but he could have seen it coming, X.⠀ com sounds like a porn site. (or a video game about killing Aliens…)
minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoPeople have been telling him that since the late 90s early 00s when he was trying to change PayPal’s name to X. He refuses to listen.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOr like Mac OS X, or American History X, etc.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo. Just like porn or a game, everything else is unknown to normal people.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t think normal people know any games with X. At least I don’t.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoXCOM https://xcom.fandom.com/wiki/XCOM_Wiki
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNever heard of it and I think so hasn’t any of my family and close friends I assume, they would have mentioned it.
To be fair this is not Musks fault, this is Indonesia being Indonesia.
A failure to do market research is absolutely a company owner’s fault.
Indonesia being Indonesia is not musk’s fault, but not doing the bare minimum of looking into things is musk’s fault.
I don’t think the point is that it’s his fault they have crazy laws. I think it’s his fault that he didn’t anticipate this would be a problem. I’m sure he did ZERO due diligence. I guarantee this came as a surprise to him.
Yes but he could have seen it coming, X.⠀ com sounds like a porn site. (or a video game about killing Aliens…)
Or a window system
People have been telling him that since the late 90s early 00s when he was trying to change PayPal’s name to X. He refuses to listen.
Or like Mac OS X, or American History X, etc.
No. Just like porn or a game, everything else is unknown to normal people.
I don’t think normal people know any games with X. At least I don’t.
XCOM https://xcom.fandom.com/wiki/XCOM_Wiki
Never heard of it and I think so hasn’t any of my family and close friends I assume, they would have mentioned it.