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Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on It for Multiple Tools

16 points by agluszak 3y ago

ozten 3y ago
> So far, the whole thing has remained standing, but that doesn’t mean it will continue to do so. What is the bar for “still standing”? For my use cases, It is no longer there.
- fknorangesite 3y ago
  Ah, a solipsist in the wild.
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xrd 3y ago
Is there some kind of billionaire game he is playing? If he bankrupts Twitter completely, can he write off the loss? And is that a way he can turn a debacle into a tax credit better that results in his total tax going down across his companies? I'm assuming not all his actions are late night tweet experiments.
- BulgarianIdiot 3y ago
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- oilchange 3y ago
  It's more likely a negotiating tactic. It happens all the time. Also, I wouldn't take any article that begins "Last week, when Elon Musk hosted conspiracy theory nonsense peddler RFK Jr. on a Twitter Spaces..." seriously. Immediately stopped reading because obviously the "journalist" has an axe to grind and an agenda to push. Could almost guarantee there's nothing of value in the article. So much garbage everywhere.
  - x86x87 3y ago
    Yes. Musk is actually a shrewd businessman! Got it /s
  - kramerger 3y ago
    > Elon Musk hosted conspiracy theory nonsense peddler RFK Jr. Technically this happened and its true. Is it really relevant to the discussion? Actually it could be as he also discussed twitters financial problems in that meeting. Last question: was this a useless article, or garbage and if no value as you put it? Well, I learned about the correlation between not paying the bills and not receiving advertisement money which was new to me.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    How else would one describe RFK Jr?
- Zigurd 3y ago
  It is largely the same as not paying rent. He is scrounging to stop cash outlays because the financing gets messy. At some point Twitter goes bust in a way that violates the LBO loan agreements and the creditors, who very much do not want to be the creditors but were unable to sell the loans, end up owning Twitter. I suspect Twitter becoming X is mostly a charade to complicate and obscure the financial condition of Twitter.
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- BulgarianIdiot 3y ago
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kramerger 3y ago
Would be funny if they retaliated by bringing back Google+

16 points by agluszak 3y ago

> So far, the whole thing has remained standing, but that doesn’t mean it will continue to do so. What is the bar for “still standing”? For my use cases, It is no longer there.

fknorangesite 3y ago
Ah, a solipsist in the wild.
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xrd 3y ago

Is there some kind of billionaire game he is playing? If he bankrupts Twitter completely, can he write off the loss? And is that a way he can turn a debacle into a tax credit better that results in his total tax going down across his companies? I'm assuming not all his actions are late night tweet experiments.

BulgarianIdiot 3y ago
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oilchange 3y ago
It's more likely a negotiating tactic. It happens all the time. Also, I wouldn't take any article that begins "Last week, when Elon Musk hosted conspiracy theory nonsense peddler RFK Jr. on a Twitter Spaces..." seriously. Immediately stopped reading because obviously the "journalist" has an axe to grind and an agenda to push. Could almost guarantee there's nothing of value in the article. So much garbage everywhere.
- x86x87 3y ago
  Yes. Musk is actually a shrewd businessman! Got it /s
- kramerger 3y ago
  > Elon Musk hosted conspiracy theory nonsense peddler RFK Jr. Technically this happened and its true. Is it really relevant to the discussion? Actually it could be as he also discussed twitters financial problems in that meeting. Last question: was this a useless article, or garbage and if no value as you put it? Well, I learned about the correlation between not paying the bills and not receiving advertisement money which was new to me.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  How else would one describe RFK Jr?
Zigurd 3y ago
It is largely the same as not paying rent. He is scrounging to stop cash outlays because the financing gets messy. At some point Twitter goes bust in a way that violates the LBO loan agreements and the creditors, who very much do not want to be the creditors but were unable to sell the loans, end up owning Twitter. I suspect Twitter becoming X is mostly a charade to complicate and obscure the financial condition of Twitter.

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BulgarianIdiot 3y ago
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kramerger 3y ago

Would be funny if they retaliated by bringing back Google+