“It goes way beyond money.”
LOL no it doesn't.
They're referring to the "halo effect" of Apple accepting the claim of antisemitism.
Truthful or not, Apple is sort of an "influencer" when it comes to ethics, with one of the few openly gay CEOs in big tech and a history of doing, or at least claiming to do, the right thing when any negative labor practices are revealed.
I think there is a sense that if Apple is willing to walk away, it's a signal to other companies that the problem is real.
I think there is a sense that if Apple is willing to walk away, it's a signal to other companies that the problem is real.
I agree that Apple may be the canary in the coal mine but I propose a motive beyond ethics.
It may be that Apple has seen a reduction in traffic from ads on Twitter recently and this latest move by Musk, coupled with everything else, gave them leverage to get out of any contracted ad buys. They pull ineffective ads, help their brand and ethics image, and save money doing it.
The cynic in me says whatever the motivation the largest driver is financial.
My reading of the "it's not just about money" statement was, "it's not just about losing Apple's advertising spend".
why did it take IBM and Apple so long to figure out which song was playing on the juke box here
They've known all along they just didn't care until it threatened their own reputations. Musk really shit the bed this time.
“Our AI data science projections state we won’t lose money until musk really gets into white supremacy, so let’s keep those ads pumping until that happens.”
Hmm... I think you need to work "blockchain" in there somehow.
Blockchain is yesterday's buzzword, it would just take up space where you could mention AI again. AI, the future of business! Powered by AI!
I mean, one of those companies sold machines to actual Nazis to tabulate the Holocaust.
Apple still has no problem pumping this to hundreds of millions of people through their app store for a 30% cut.
Do they really care?
Pull the app.
every fucking post on this website is about this guy I don't give a shit holy fuck stop posting him
I have a filter against his name on mobile, really wished I could do the same on desktop
Again? Is it gonna stick this time? You promise?
Time to create that Mastodon account you have been meaning to, the dual post for a while until your network is established and then delete X.
Some people seem to bounce off Mastodon, saying that it doesn't have the content that they were looking for. I'd suggest that it probably does have the content that you are looking for, but you can't expect instantly see everything you are looking for from a fresh account.
People have spent years building up their twitter feeds; finding the people they like to follow, and browsing for new things, getting recommendations, and removing they stuff they don't like. You can't expect to match that level of content 10 mins after signing up on Mastodon. You will have to look around and tell it what you want to see before it will be what you want it to be.
The difference is that Twitter has suggestions and algorithms to help you find your way around. Mastodon is all manual.
What, did he buy it again?
So they always say... and then keep reading and posting tweets all day every day.
On Wednesday, Musk appeared to endorse an antisemitic post by user @breakingbaht alleging that “Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.” In response, Musk posted, “You have spoken the actual truth.”
The original post seemed to echo the beliefs of the “great replacement” conspiracy theory, which is popular among white supremacists and right-wing extremists.
And yet, all my Jewish friends are white.
Schrodinger’s whiteness…
Jewish people tend to not be considered white even though they are oftentimes fair skinned, blue eyes, etc.
In the US, Italian and Irish immigrants also used to not be considered white either. It’s a label applied to groups when it’s most convenient. Doesn’t necessarily have a lot of logic behind it beyond racism.
Schrodinger’s whiteness…
It always is.
X I don't care about.
Not seeing this shit in my feed constantly, now that would be nice.
You can always just add his name as a filtering keyword. Tools are available to help you.
Imagine filtering "musk", "Biden", "trump", and "communism and socialism are good and moral and it has always worked every time we tried it" from Lemmy.
"There's nothing here. Please refresh."
Starship launch tomorrow though, wouldn't want to miss out on hype because of something titled "Elon Musk's Starship Rocket" etc... I'm a big space nerd and while Elon is a dork this rocket will be a massive leap for everything space related if it works out.
Fuck X/Twitter though, sick of hearing about it for sure. I've heard rumours that SpaceX only does as well as they do because they have Shotwell running the show and they have Elon wranglers to keep him away from anything important...
Is that beard to make him look younger? Because it looks like that beard you sometimes see on young guys figuring out that they can't really grow a decent beard...
How many times does he have to sign the warrant before it actually dies tho?
Again?
What is IBM advertising there?
Any one of the large brands they own, I assume: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_IBM
are the last horses just finishing the realization race? this was always his endgame
Oops I destroyed the nerve center of American journalism, totally just an accident I swear bro.
Hasn't he blurted out stupid stuff his whole career without it causing any negative effects? Seems like that's his thing and it seems like it's been working for him pretty well. At least until now.
Yeah yeah, promises, promises.
We can only hope. 👍
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