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Why nobody else bought twitter before? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by index@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Microsoft, apple, google, meta, amazon, tencent what was preventing them to buy twitter?

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[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He wasn't just a joke, musk was legally forced to make his deal real to avoid having manipulated the market and potentially go to prison. This was before he became POTUS . If it happened today he would just tell the courts to fuck off and replace those who aren't loyal without ever actually buying twitter