Elon Musk further intensifies his feud with Disney by bringing Tesla into the fray.
Over the weekend, many Tesla owners began reporting that Disney’s streaming app Disney+ was suspected to be missing from their vehicles.
“So Disney+ has been removed from Tesla vehicles.” Posted X user @TheTeslaHoe confirmed that the app was removed from his car. “I think this is retaliation for Disney pulling advertising from Company X (which they have a right to do).”
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“This happens like a tantrum,” @TheTeslaHoe continued. “And now Tesla owners feel like they’re caught in the crossfire of something that’s not their fault at all.”
In November, numerous Big brands stopped advertising on Mr. Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.companies like appleSony and Disney suspended their advertising campaigns after Musk endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory posted by another user on the platform.
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A few weeks later, during a live interview new york timesAt the Dealbook Summit, Musk was asked about the fleeing advertisers.in response, Musk told them to “fuck yourself.” So he decided to single out Disney, citing the company’s CEO Bob Iger.
“Hey, Bob, if you’re in the audience. I think so. Don’t advertise,” Musk said.
Other Tesla owners also noticed that the app had been removed from their cars. While others have report The Disney+ app still exists.
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“I can confirm that Disney+ has been removed from my Tesla Model S,” wrote @WholeMarsBlog, an X user and Musk supporter. “Oddly enough, the hardware on the same firmware 3 Model S still has it.”
According to a report from an online electric vehicle news agency ElectrekSources said Tesla notified Disney last week that it would be removing the Disney+ app. Tesla later changed its decision and announced that it would only remove the app from Tesla cars that had never previously used the Disney+ app.
First of all, Tesla Added In 2021, the Disney+ app will be added to the vehicle’s “Theatre Mode.” Other native apps available on Tesla Theater include Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok. It appears that only the Disney+ app was removed.
According to Electrek, Tesla did not provide Disney with a specific reason for removing the Disney+ app, but the message the company sent was “read between the lines.”