> People close to X said the platform pressed vendors that were supplying it with goods or services to spend money on advertising. X is a customer of Amazon Web

> People close to X said the platform pressed vendors that were supplying it with goods or services to spend money on advertising. X is a customer of Amazon Web Services, its cloud-computing unit, and had past-due bills for that. X used those unpaid bills as leverage during negotiations, according to people familiar with the matter. > At its peak, Amazon had spent around $100 million a year on advertising on X, according to a person familiar with the matter, far more than it is currently spending. This is absolutely wild, way worse than the Verizon bills.