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$150 - 250 MM is more like 4-7 % of revenue than 10% based on their 2019 figure.
by gundmc 6y ago
$150 - 250 MM is more like 4-7 % of revenue than 10% based on their 2019 figure.
- tjoff 6y agoAlso note that they did this for seven years. It is really hard to grasp how pathetic the modern web is, where this is commonplace.
- thephyber 6y agoWhat does this have to do with "the modern web"? The weakness here is both the legal system that allowed it and the regulatory system that failed to police it for years.
- kulahan 6y agoBecause the modern web is based entirely around invading the privacy of every user as much as possible in order to sell their private details to advertisers. If Twitter's money came from users in the form of subscriptions or purchases, rather than from advertisers in the form of paid, targeted ads, this would be guarded information, rather than shared.