You joke, but after reading some texts from Musk and his social circle [1], I find it plausible that that is how some of these business decisions get made.
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/elon-...
This is probably fine though, it is the Elon way of doing business. Make fast decisions and try and whole heap of things. He then gets criticised for not delivering on the majority of them but still comes out ahead of orgs that take 6 months to make the decision in the first place.
> He then gets criticised for not delivering on the majority of them
He gets criticized for promising them, even selling them like in the case of vehicle autonomy, when there is no realistic timeline for delivery.
I mean, at least when Microsoft pitched vaporware on stage they didn't then take the money in advance.
Doesn't seem like too bad a method to me. Apart from in situations where you have a ton of data (e.g. Amazon) most product prices are pulled out of someone's arse anyway.
Of course they are going to raise the price to $20 before long
or they were anchoring the price at $20 so $8 feels like a deal. not rocket science. :P
"I was going to charge $20, but then Stephen King told me it was too much."