Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 年前

    Also, many of the flights are empty. The flight will be moved so it’s in position if needed, or it will drop him off and fly elsewhere.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 年前

      That seems wasteful, of any flight really.

      It’d be cool if jets doing that could partner with freight companies and move cargo if needing to reposition.

      Uber for flight cargo

      • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        Every private jet flight is wasteful. But, Elon Musk’s wealth fluctuates by up to $5 billion every single day. Even if he spent $5m a day on his jet, it would be an amount he wouldn’t even notice. He could literally buy a brand new private jet every single day and not notice the cost.