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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Others close to him use the jet as well, but I imagine it's still heavily Elon

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.works 1 points 10 months ago

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.