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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago

Life goals, don't fuck up so bad that even Nestle wont work with you!

[–] nutsack 43 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

i don't understand how it's a boycott or how is illegal or unfair

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's not a boycott, neither is it illegal. He's literally just being a crybaby and believes that anybody not pandering to his business model should be forced by the courts to give him money regardless.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And he's now President of the US so he gets to make the laws.

[–] CitizenKong 7 points 6 days ago

And he bought the position fair and square.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Criminal contempt of business model

[–] LovableSidekick 51 points 1 week ago

If suing companies for not advertising on your platform made any sense, porn sites could sue almost the whole economy.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He's gone crazy from power. People like that are dangerous.

P.S. He acts like some Russian government official tied to organised crime, who now think he owns this country and can do anything in there.

[–] surph_ninja 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

All people are like that. Our brains aren’t built to handle that kind of obscene wealth and power. It would break anyone, just as overindulging in any unhealthy activity.

The fix is to not let anyone accumulate that level of wealth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Money are just an instrument for power. These are narcissists/psychopaths/power abusers/sociopaths/gangsters/criminals

[–] surph_ninja 1 points 5 days ago

K. Power still corrupts. Always has.

[–] Glitterbomb 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm kind of alright with them accumulating some level of wealth, if the result is that they get a little trophy, a little island, and all their money redistributed. Like, congrats you won, now fuck off and let someone else win too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

That's what we just tried (over the past century), when we gave an inch they took the whole god damn country. I don't think the compromise approach will ever work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Like Tom from MySpace. Dude sold it off and now lives a carefree life pursuing photography

[–] TseseJuer 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

so a south African is suing a swiss company in American court? why just why is this theatrical bullshit allowed to go on so sick of this already times be changing too slowly we need the next phase already

[–] Squizzy 7 points 6 days ago

Its an american company suing an american subsidiary of a swiss company. It makes sense. You dont have to try very hard to find the ridiculousness in these people but this isnt it.

[–] cmrn 19 points 6 days ago

YouTube 10 years ago: we’re becoming as straight-edged as possible to keep advertisers around

Twitter now: Fuck you (wait we needed you)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"The lawsuit isn’t the only place where executives have offered a pessimistic assessment of X’s business. The company’s owner Elon Musk reportedly told employees in January that “user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we’re barely breaking even.”"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Just fire some people, that’ll drive profits up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"We're barely breaking even" mate, you're supposedly in the business of online services since the late 90s, you should know that they're generally "barely breaking even"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I wasn't aware Twitter was even breaking even in thd first place

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

It's a Good Thing Elon doesn't Own the DOJ!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Ah, evil vs evil eats popcorn

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