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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: apple resumes advertising on x
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:37:26 -0800
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On 2025-02-13 18:36, badgolferman wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-02-13 17:46, badgolferman wrote:
>>> Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>> Sure they do.
>>>>
>>>> But if that's the case, why do you think they pulled their
>>>> advertising in the first place?
>>>>
>>>> And while you're thinking about that:
>>>>
>>>> Do you think they'd be advertising on X again...
>>>>
>>>> ...if Biden had won the election?
>>>
>>> Apple withdrew their advertising on X because everyone else was
>>> doing it and they had to follow suit or be ridiculed and boycotted.
>>> Just like any politician or conglomerate, they wet their finger and
>>> hold it up to see which way the wind is blowing.  They are doing
>>> the same now.
>> Failure to answer my second question...
> 
> 
> My answer was all encompassing.  Think about it.
> 

No... ...it wasn't.