- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
I’m not sure if this is technically Technology news, but I can remove this post if it’s in the wrong community
Archive link: http://archive.today/3XM6s
Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twitter during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “[We’re] moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk told Netanyahu, claiming that it is the only way to eliminate the problem of bots, as reported by Bloomberg’s Dave Lee.
Musk didn’t mention timing of his plan to charge X/Twitter users, nor did he say how much it would cost.
Musk, who also is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said X/Twitter ad sales have plunged 50% since he bought the company. “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load,” Musk posted on July 15.
Is he just supposed to pay for the running of twitter out of his pocket or what? It says there they’ve lost 50% of advertisers, and are making negative profit. That isn’t sustainable. The purchase of twitter has cost him 40-something billion, and still keeps costing him even more. It’s not about just wanting more profit, but to atleast break even.
It’s a self inflicted wound. Can’t bring myself to care.
@Thorny_Thicket @Honytawk Through his own actions and decisions. And while “not sustainable”, he probably can afford to run it that way for a few decades, if not centuries, without it affecting his reserves too much.
@Thorny_Thicket @Honytawk Also, I mean, he’s arrogant enough to personally affect military operations of a country half way around the globe, what’s running a mere website?