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

Re:Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on... by xrd on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:41AM (#36310105)

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.

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Re:Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on... by oilchange on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:14AM (#36310507)

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.

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Re:Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on... by x86x87 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:09PM (#36312315)

Yes. Musk is actually a shrewd businessman! Got it /s

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Re:Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on... by kramerger on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:14PM (#36312399)

> 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.

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Re:Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on... by rsynnott on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:40AM (#36324345)

How else would one describe RFK Jr?

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Re:Twitter Decides to Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying on... by Zigurd on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:37PM (#36314789)

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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