Certain authoritarian regimes that have provided him with financing might be glad that their critics no longer have a platform to reach the masses with, and consider it a cost of doing business, and gladly take the loss.
He’s lost a TON of reputation he’ll never get back. He’s spent like $26B of his own money. He’s going to have a much harder time getting funding in the future. His other companies are losing value.
What could he get that would be enough to offset all that?
He could have just turned off Twitter in other countries that didn’t want it. He could have run it with Chinese style censorship. He could have manipulated the conversation. He could have flat out backdoored it for them.
Why was it necessary to destroy it? Why would that be the preferred outcome?
What could he get that would be enough to offset all that?
He could have just turned off Twitter in other countries that didn’t want it. He could have run it with Chinese style censorship. He could have manipulated the conversation. He could have flat out backdoored it for them.
Why was it necessary to destroy it? Why would that be the preferred outcome?
Makes no sense.