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they didn't demand that he say or did not say certain things. they informed him that they didn't want their brands advertised next to the sort of things that th
by exe34 2y ago
they didn't demand that he say or did not say certain things. they informed him that they didn't want their brands advertised next to the sort of things that their customers would frown upon.
you'd think that in becoming a billionaire, he'd have picked up a few rules of business.
- immibis 2y agoAnd the ability to do this is bad, but it's also just normal capitalism which Elon supports. I'm okay with capitalism shifting capitalism supporters.
- DrillShopper 2y agoIt's also a choice that Twitter made long ago to be funded primarily by advertisers. You'd think the guy that blew billions on the site might have noticed that during the due diligence he most certainly did
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoExcept it shifts the ones with power towards authoritarianism, not reflection.
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean, it's just freedom of association. There are only very limited circumstances where a company can be forced to advertise somewhere (only example I can think of is tobacco and alcohol companies required to pay for anti-smoking/drinking/etc PSAs as part of legal settlements).
- self_awareness 2y ago> you'd think that in becoming a billionaire, he'd have picked up a few rules of business. Are you telling me that in your opinion Musk doesn't have elementary knowledge about business?
- exe34 2y agohe signed a deal to buy twitter and didn't realise he'd have to buy it. he told his advertisers to go f*ck themselves then sued then for not using his personal blog to advertise. it seems that the businesses he has the least involvement in tend to do better, but what do I know, I'm just a poor rando.
- rsynnott 2y agoWell, either that, or he's doing a very good job of cosplaying as such a person.