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by jsjohnst 1316 days ago
> Where have you been? I think you may be uninformed on this.

I think you are victim to reading headlines and not understanding what Twitter went to court over. Elon paying the $1B wouldn’t have gotten him out of having to complete the deal.

Here’s some details: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-cant-just-walk-awa...

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I was aware that Twitter went to court to complete the deal, but I admit to being misinformed as much of the analysis I read stated both avenues ($1B fee or force the acquisition) were viable.

For example, Dan Ives, who is often quoted in articles about this deal, had this to tweet: https://twitter.com/DivesTech/status/1545527442491822089?s=2...

It appears that is incorrect.

> I admit to being misinformed

Thank you for replying earnestly and humbly. I wish more did that!