• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You really have to wonder what’s going on behind the scenes here. Tim knows, the majority of his employees know, that Twitter is a wasteland and not worth spending money on. So why the wishy washy response? Did someone previously sign a contract that’s difficult to get out of or something? Because Apple certainly isn’t gaining anything by advertising on X.

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      1 year ago

      I suppose that by shitting in them publicly he hopes to get others to question the value and so force them to lower their prices - which in turn may give leverage to negotiate better rates on other platforms. That is just my imagination in a nth dimensional chess move thing.

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      1 year ago

      If they simply backed out it would be one article. If they tease for a year its a series of articles.