Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: apple resumes advertising on x Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:37:26 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:37:27 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7136e900a3ed801b52a94bb43581e271"; logging-data="3344127"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/BGfzLW0/658pis51FkPqa8ajX+KF/5SY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:LlS8vhr6Z7y55eGvMGS8WDKJQyI= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2478 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.