Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by toephu2 on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:43PM
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But Elon has stated numerous times his reason for the takeover is not for economic reasons. He's not doing this for money, he has zero desire to turn this into a very profitable company (watch his TED talk interview). He's doing this to protect free speech (from his point of view).
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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by ModernMech on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:36PM
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> But Elon has stated numerous times his reason for the takeover is not for economic reasons.
This is a hedge. If Twitter loses money Elon will say "I wasn't trying to make money"; and if Twitter makes money Elon will say "I made money despite not even trying". Win-win.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by hunterb123 on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:43PM
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He stated the offer isn't for economic reasons. That's not mutually exclusive to wanting a profitable company in the longer term.
You can want to protect free speech and want the company to do well too. But I do believe his priority is free speech first. Profits, if possible, second.