It's not so different. Zuckerberg simply came out and said 'I want your money.' whereas Musk left it as subtext. You just buy the veneer over Musk's pitch.
Musk wants to change the world ... by selling you the products to do so.
Musk wants to change the world ... by selling you the products to do so.
There is no altruism here, he's trying to create an industry where he would be the monopoly.
Even if it was VC worthy, throwing all your money into two companies like that, when you're already rich, is not the sort of thing you'd see from someone motivated by money. The whole point of VC investing is to invest a little money in a lot of them to even out the risk.
Zuckerberg hopes he can change the world through the side-effects of a product designed for advertisers to sell stuff.
I mean, I can't think of anything else they could do for revenue.
Yet people think he's in this for more money. Hysterical.
Maybe he doesn't have much of an intention. Maybe he's just sitting on top of a rocket ship and looking around and going "okay, what now?"