> alot of elon hate on hn but he is making objectively very good bets. he doesn't have a pr department like the other guys do (who direct their entire wardrobe, body language, gestures, do speech coaching, etc.), and i suppose we can say that the pr guys are vindicated! zuck, gates, cook, all rehabilitated their public image no-problem
I don't think Zuck et al are avoiding criticism because of their wardrobe (I don't think they're avoiding criticism actually). But they haven't spent $44b to signal boost hatred of their core customer base and it's values or offered unconditional up front support for a presidential platform which spends taxpayer money ripping out EV chargers to own the libs, does many other things unhelpful to his businesses, but did let him have a play at destroying regulators for a bit. This has very little to do with PR departments and cost an awful lot more, so it might have been an objectively better bet for Elon not to have done this...
I don't think Zuck et al are avoiding criticism because of their wardrobe (I don't think they're avoiding criticism actually). But they haven't spent $44b to signal boost hatred of their core customer base and it's values or offered unconditional up front support for a presidential platform which spends taxpayer money ripping out EV chargers to own the libs, does many other things unhelpful to his businesses, but did let him have a play at destroying regulators for a bit. This has very little to do with PR departments and cost an awful lot more, so it might have been an objectively better bet for Elon not to have done this...