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		fundad 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into t... It wasn't about revenue, it was about a massive propaganda and surveillance apparatus.

spwa4 7 months ago | [–]

Is that why he, and his entire management staff, were seen begging for advertisers to return ... how many times now? 5? Not sure.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-begs-advertisers-re...

Clearly it was about revenue, at least to an extent.

jjfoooo4 7 months ago | [–]

It was about very stupidly thinking that selling subscriptions to Twitter would be more profitable than selling ads

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