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I wouldn't put this against Parler actually thinking they have some future. They're just looking to unload their highly unprofitable business[1]. The CEOs wife
by shmatt 4y ago
I wouldn't put this against Parler actually thinking they have some future. They're just looking to unload their highly unprofitable business[1]. The CEOs wife has been following Ye around supporting him at the controversial Paris Fashion Week and ever since[2]
And it doesn't end at the buyout. According to the deal that was described this morning, Parlers parent company stays open, and keeps billing Ye forever for "engineering and cloud services". He basically has to keep paying them for life, or start recruiting his own tech company, or shut the website down, even though he's the owner, he doesn't directly employ their employees nor owns their cloud accounts
This is the team at Parler taking advantage of someone who is very obviously having some serious mental issues
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/02/parlers-popularity-plummets-as-data-reveals-little-appetite-for-returning-free-speech-app-favored-by-conservatives/?sh=5a60a1dc5e13 https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/02/parlers-p...
[2] https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-719370 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-719370
- collegeburner 4y agono, parlement (the parent) is trying to be a "uncancellable cloud host": https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/16/parler-parlement-web-hosting/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/16/parler-parlement-web-hosti... ye is buying parler specifically not the whole thing, parler currently runs on parlement but he could presumably move to anything else. the "consulting" part is pretty normal for a transition like this.