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Re:Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute by l23k4 on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:13PM (#48427986)
But why? Won't that just make it far more awkward when they're inevitably forced to go through with very similar changes in the end?
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Re:Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute by bombcar on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:32PM (#48428167)
Because now they can say "we considered it, there was strong opposition, and we didn't change the rules and what happened happened".

And if they miss out on part of a runup, and the companies later enter the index, what is the long term "harm" if any??

But if they're "right" it makes the competing indices look weak.

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