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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: apple resumes advertising on x
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:51:14 -0000 (UTC)
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Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-13 14:33, badgolferman wrote:
>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-13 14:09, badgolferman wrote:
>>>> Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a
>>>> year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in
>>>> November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.
>>>> 
>>>> Apple is one of many major brands that have paused advertising on X at
>>>> least once, with others including Disney, Coca-Cola, Sony, IBM, Comcast,
>>>> and more. Disney and many other brands have cautiously returned to
>>>> advertising on the platform since.
>>>> 
>>>> Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, and rebranded the platform as X the
>>>> following year. Under his ownership, X has taken a softer approach to
>>>> content moderation, allowing extremist views to proliferate on the
>>>> platform. Also, disgraced rapper Kanye West made a series of racist and
>>>> sexist posts on X last week, before deactivating his account.
>>>> 
>>>> Apple's CEO Tim Cook, and other senior executives at the company like
>>>> marketing chief Greg Joswiak, have maintained a presence on
>>>> Twitter-turned-X ever since Musk acquired the platform.
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/
>>> 
>>> Yup.
>>> 
>>> That's how the descent into a dictatorship begins...
>>> 
>> 
>> Explain.
>> 
> 
> Apple is kowtowing to Musk because he is in a position to do them harm.
> 
> See if you can figure the rest out on your own.
> 

You don’t think Apple wants all the advertising exposure they can get?
There is a very large audience on X they can tap into.