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Re:X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue by ohashi on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @10:29AM (#44248010)
"People close to X said the platform pressed vendors that were supplying it with goods or services to spend money on advertising. X is a customer of Amazon Web Services, its cloud-computing unit, and had past-due bills for that. X used those unpaid bills as leverage during negotiations, according to people familiar with the matter."

So Elon doesn't pay his bills either. Not surprising. I wish Amazon just cut services until bills paid, see who actually has leverage in that situation when nothing operates to run ads on and the cesspool can't spread.

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Re:X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue by ryandvm on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @12:48PM (#44249436)
Of course he doesn't. You don't get ultra wealthy by being fair. I would like to introduce the "Ascensional Triad Theory of Success".

In order to be extremely successful, you must have 2 of the following 3 ingredients:

   * Unusual skill
   * Serendipity
   * Ethical laxity
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Re:X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue by QuantumGood on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:58PM (#44253123)
The Russian maxim "Never ask a Billionaire how he made his first million" comes to mind.
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