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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by bko on Thursday February 13, 2025 @09:50PM (#43044226)
The world is healing.

Seriously though, I certainly don’t want my companies to have political ideologies. Follow the law, be good to customers and serve everyone.

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by wnevets on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:06PM (#43044342)
This comment is so funny to me because obviously Apple is only returning to Twitter because of politics. Twitters owner is in the Whitehouse.
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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by aikinai on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:29PM (#43044512)
They advertised on Twitter before Musk bought it, which implies it was profitable. The platform is doing better than ever, so we can assume it’s still profitable today.

The only reason they left was politics.

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by wnevets on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:31PM (#43044528)
> The platform is doing better than ever

By which metric? Even Elon has admitted they're not making money.

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by aikinai on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:35PM (#43044551)
I don’t have all the metrics handy but I know traffic is constantly growing and at an all time high[0].

Revenue is down with the advertisers leaving but costs are down so much, I think it’s recently profitable or will be soon? And with advertising coming back on top of the new cost structure, it should be a cash cow.

[0] https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1821581350975189151?s=46

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by wnevets on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:38PM (#43044569)
>I don’t have all the metrics handy but I know traffic is constantly growing and at an all time high

No that's not what Elon said and the tweet he was replying to is a nobody with zero data.

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by lenerdenator on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:49PM (#43044950)
I'd say that this is pretty political[0]

[0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-antisemitic-comments-...

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by scarface_74 on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:01PM (#43044307)
Apple isn’t following the law right now either. They just brought TikTok back to the App Store based on Trump’s promises. But it is still breaking the law.
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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by neilpomerleau on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:21PM (#43044437)
Apple never brought it back to the App Store. TikTok has to be sideloaded in the US: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqldw5y4y0no
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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by ivewonyoung on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:32PM (#43044533)
I wonder of all the people who read this comment and also drove today, what percentage violated speeding laws.

The TikTok law was meant to force divesture to a US company. The Supreme Court ruled on the legality of it at the very last minute, so there is broad bipartisan support for more time to find an acquirer, including Biden saying he won't enforce it on the last day in office.

They know a lot of Americans depend on it for livelihood and entertainment.

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by scarface_74 on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:21PM (#43044813)
And that was built into the law that if there was a potential buyer, it could be postponed. There is no potential buyer.

> They know a lot of Americans depend on it for livelihood and entertainment.

Yes because President Musk has showed real concerns about putting people out of work

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Re:Apple Resumes Advertising on X by programmerpass on Thursday February 13, 2025 @09:51PM (#43044236)
Agreed.
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