Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent...
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Thursday June 06, 2024 @08:30AM
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Why the exclusivity? What does Spacex gain from streaming only on twitter?
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Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent...
by AnthonyMouse on Thursday June 06, 2024 @08:57AM
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The CEO of SpaceX owns Twitter.
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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:16AM
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I'm aware. What does SpaceX gain from the exclusivity?
Re:Starship's Fourth Flight Test: Window Opens 07:00 AM Cent...
by TiredOfLife on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:26AM
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The CEO of SpaceX owns Twitter.
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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:21PM
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Im sure SpaceX's investors love being used to promote a single private social media platform. Sounds like another case of the CEO enriching themselves to the detriment of investors.
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by AnthonyMouse on Friday June 07, 2024 @02:21AM
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There are hypothetically advantages. The affiliated company would be more inclined to promote them, so they could get in front of some people who otherwise might not have seen it. Conversely, a company that competes with the affiliated company might be inclined to do the opposite to avoid promoting a competitor's businesses, so the countervailing costs of exclusivity are lower for their company in particular.
They also might be wary of platforms like YouTube which host "Elon Musk wants to give you Bitcoins" scam videos, which Twitter has a stronger incentive to be aggressive in removing because of who owns it, and then there is value to the company in being able to say "none of the YouTube videos are legitimate, you can only see it here."