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Elon Musk buys twitter

Haha. Excellent from Cold War Steve

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Lemonade Money said:
Care to explain (no idea who bloke on right is)?
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That would be the lich Steve Bannon, former Trump whisperer and now self-proclaimed leader of the maga horde. He is not happy with the tech bros influence over US government policy
newrepublic.com

Bannon’s Rage at Musk Suddenly Goes Nuclear as MAGA Meltdown Worsens

As the war between Steve Bannon and Elon Musk intensifies, a leading Never Trump writer explains what all this says about the horrors that Trump-MAGA have in store for us—and how Dems can fight back.
newrepublic.com newrepublic.com
 
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Rumours now of him taking TikTok off China's hands if they get hit with a ban. With meta going down the free speech route as well, those two weirdos will be running the world soon.
 
I did Nazi that coming...

Musk today at an AfD rally: “The German people are really an ancient nation which goes back thousand of years… It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything”
 
Can someone explain to me why it is illegal in a free market, as capitalists like Musk loves above almost everything else, to boycott the purchase of a service (ads) from another company? Is it illegal for companies to have a meeting between them and decide they don't want to buy ads from someone else anymore for any particular reason? If so, why? Wouldn't that be one of the pillars of operating in a free market? Why the hell should you pay for a service you're not obligated to pay for, never the less interested in paying for?

Man up, Elon, you made Twitter into a cesspool - of course no one wants to advertise on that piece of brick! It's like the spoilt brat everyone hates in your class at elementary that forces the other kids to come to his birthday party.

techcrunch.com

X expands lawsuit over advertiser ‘boycott’ to include Lego, Nestlé, Pinterest, and others | TechCrunch

X is now suing more advertisers in an antitrust lawsuit focusing on what the company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino has claimed is a “systematic illegal boycott.”
techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
 
It's so odd. It's like Apple suing me for buying Samsung phones and not Iphones.

It's probably just a PR exercise to spur a right wing nutter LEGO boycott.
 
Robbo said:
It's so odd. It's like Apple suing me for buying Samsung phones and not Iphones.

It's probably just a PR exercise to spur a right wing nutter LEGO boycott.
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If you formed a monopolistic group and all agreed not to buy iPhones, they probably could sue you.
 
Daisuk said:
Can someone explain to me why it is illegal in a free market, as capitalists like Musk loves above almost everything else, to boycott the purchase of a service (ads) from another company? Is it illegal for companies to have a meeting between them and decide they don't want to buy ads from someone else anymore for any particular reason? If so, why? Wouldn't that be one of the pillars of operating in a free market? Why the hell should you pay for a service you're not obligated to pay for, never the less interested in paying for?

Man up, Elon, you made Twitter into a cesspool - of course no one wants to advertise on that piece of brick! It's like the spoilt brat everyone hates in your class at elementary that forces the other kids to come to his birthday party.

techcrunch.com

X expands lawsuit over advertiser ‘boycott’ to include Lego, Nestlé, Pinterest, and others | TechCrunch

X is now suing more advertisers in an antitrust lawsuit focusing on what the company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino has claimed is a “systematic illegal boycott.”
techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
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I'm not sure, but in the same way as companies working together to keep prices at certain levels is illegal, it probably might be illegal to cooperate on boycotting. If everyone does it completely on their own, fine, but forming a 'union' might be illegal.
 
He had just taken over Twitter though, and had already been signalling some pretty drastic changes to the platform. Could you blame any of the companies to pull out of wanting ads on it? Seems like a pretty hard task to prove that they met to conspire against him, but then again, why is that illegal? If I had shares in a company that was taken over by a moody nutty genius with a lot of unrealistic ideas (like thinking halving the staff would be a good idea) I would also consider getting out pretty fast.
 
I wonder what's Musks thoughts are on the realistic reason advertisers are jumping ship?

I'd conclude it's probably the same reason Southern Water don't appear to be chasing sponsorship deals for sewage treatment works.
 
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