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It's not about hiding — it's about sending a message. IIRC, Steve Jobs was known to do this in his black plateless Mercedes (decades ago).
by ProllyInfamous 7mo ago
It's not about hiding — it's about sending a message.
IIRC, Steve Jobs was known to do this in his black plateless Mercedes (decades ago).
- jauntywundrkind 7mo agoWired even wrote this up (2010). Getting a new lease every 6 months, which apparently legally let him go plateless somehow. https://www.wired.com/2010/08/the-mystery-of-steve-jobs-plateless-benz/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/the-mystery-of-steve-jobs-plat... I found it pretty grossly offensive a practice.
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoI lived nearish to him during this era, and after this article was published, it seemed like every black Mercedes in town started going tagless.