He is far from disgruntled. He seems like someone who enjoyed his work and his life. Clickbait article but I guess it worked.

Fox News was built by serving the needs of a segment of the market that felt underserved. It’s a very effective strategy.

Matt, Thanks for writing this. I’ve also had a long, slow ramp up with my saas (8 years) and it’s great to read stories/experiences like this.

You should consider doing a 'Show HN', it would be very nice to read how you got to where you are today.

Yah, it's disappointing

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I know of a small business in upstate NY that gets 80% of their sales from FB ads. Without FB, this business which also has a retail store, would certainly be having a lot more of a rough time. And they are not an isolated story. I know of at least 5 other small businesses that similarly generate from 25% to 70% of sales via FB. It's given these small businesses a way to compete against bigger competitors.

The impact of these changes on FB ads depends on what kind of ads you run - VBO, AAA, and LAL will be challenged. But interest, geo, and demo targeting will continue as is. None of these iOS changes affect FB’s ability to serve ads, nor small business’ ability to run ads and find customers. It’s the tracking of activity and the deeper funnel events that is changing, not advertising for small business

These cuts were made after passing a $1.5 trillion tax cut in 2017.

The article cited doctors from Harvard, Brown, Rhode Island, Italy, Dr. Fauci, etc.

It reminds me that we humans are capable of going to great lengths to resist change, even when it creates shitty outcomes.

Batshit crazy? He just turned around Tesla, in an industry, where the last startup to succeed was over 80 years ago. Buy some Treasury bonds instead?

I don't know how you define "last startup to succeed", but... Hummer (1992, 28 years ago), Pagani (1992), McLaren (1985, 34 years ago), Kia (1974, 45 years ago), Hyundai (1967, 52 years ago) and even Jeep (1946, 74 years ago) and Saab (1945) seem like they would qualify as well?

Hummer and Jeep both had their original vehicle designs funded by the US military. None of the rest of those are US companies.