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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 248 points 2 years ago
[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago

And lifting their a## up, so they are better accessible

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[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 234 points 2 years ago

“X’s owner now has the ear of the president-elect, a man who has a long history of helping his friends, and punishing his enemies,” said Max Willens, senior analyst, at Emarketer. “Sending at least a trickle of ad spending toward X may be seen as good for business, albeit in an indirect way.”

There's the article in a nutshell. Give Elmo money or face the wrath of the Diaper-in-Chief.

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 101 points 2 years ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago

Nuh-uh! Americans can't be terrorists cuz Americans kill the terrorist, like Malcolm X and Jamal Khashoggi... Wait, are we the bad guys?

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[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 178 points 2 years ago

IBM helping out the Nazis is pretty par for the course

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 32 points 2 years ago

Still, “under $2,000” for a corporation of that size is a surprisingly low amount, compared to the others. Not even worth the negative publicity. Odd choice.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Ah, a history joke! Don't forget Coke(Fanta)! Also, the history of Volkswagon is pretty interesting.

The surprising part is, despite everything Henry Ford believed, I don't remember ever hearing Ford being on that list.

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[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When Hitler needed to track the unwanted in his concentration camps, IBM was there.

Today, Trump has selected IBM due to our experience in this field of Fascism.

FYI: while this is not true, I'm sure most Americans will believe it.

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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 120 points 2 years ago

When have Comcast, Disney, or IBM ever have been on the wrong side of history? /s

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

IBM itching to get involved with another genocide. They can track all the undesirables digitally much easier now!

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago

Kinda lends itself to the theory that they are part of the Problem

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 years ago

I have no love for big corps, but they're likely just reading the writing on the wall. they have to deal with retribution for the next 4-12 years and they have no interest becoming the rebels. I'm kinda impressed they stepped away at all other than it probably was money spent for nothing.

[-] fern@lemmy.autism.place 31 points 2 years ago

IBM supported the Nazis, and if they're the only tech giant not fighting musk they're going to get the kickbacks. Corps dont do "writing on the wall" anymore, they chase money, which may look similar but the goals are different.

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[-] maplebar@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago

Oligarchs get cozy with oligarchs, what a shocker.

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 77 points 2 years ago

It’s time to drop Disney+.

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Should have 5 years ago. Mostly cause fuck disney, but I get why you had it.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

We've dropped it October 2023. Fuck them Zionist shits.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 2 years ago

wow who could have predicted this considering they're the same companies who said they wouldn't donate to republicans after january 6th three months before they started donating to republicans again.

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago

That's extraordinarily on brand of them

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago

I almost can't blame them. A majority of Americans voted for fascism and racism. These are their customers.

[-] itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 years ago

A majority of American citizens who voted...that's an important distinction. Roughly 29% of voting age american citizens and 22% of all american citizens - a sizeable minority but a minority nonetheless - voted for fascism and racism.

[-] j4yt33@feddit.org 26 points 2 years ago

Well the ones who didn't vote obviously weren't too bothered by fascism and racism either, apparently

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 47 points 2 years ago
[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 years ago

Disney’s clown management refused to air a trans focused episode because of the “political climate” saying that “LGBTQ+ experience are a sensitive issue” thus catering to bigots.

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[-] MdRuckus@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

Horrible timing. Millions are leaving and going to BlueSky.

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[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago

That would be REALLY Corrupt if simply buying Ads on a Website was Enough to allow you to DIRECTLY INFLUENCE the President Of The United States! Fortunately Trump DIDNT put the Owner of X in charge of Important Oversight Decisions!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago

Death to Comcast, Disney, and IBM.

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[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

Good thing everyone is leaving

[-] rational_lib@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Doesn't matter. They're not doing it to get people to see their ads, they're doing it to bribe Elon since he has actual political power now. Kind of like how oil companies buy ads on news media, even though you don't need to be persuaded to buy oil - it's to buy favorable coverage.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

My electrical utility (PG&E) advertises all the time. Like what am I gonna do, not buy electricity? It’s so obviously just a bribe to the media companies.

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[-] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

It's just going to be all brands, nazis and/or bots soon.

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[-] Viper_NZ 35 points 2 years ago
[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

And nobody was surprised. I predict most advertisers will return by the end of January for the same reasons they left previously: It's the right business decision at the right time. Remember that the next time a corporation makes a pledge. It's always about money.

This is bending the knee

[-] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 29 points 2 years ago

ITT: People realising most of the world lives outside their bubble

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[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago

I dropped Xitter as soon as it became apparent that Elon was going to buy it and started pirating Disney (and everyone else) shortly after. Couldn't tell you the last time I bought anything IBM but I'll have to be more careful about it. I'm switching to a local fiber provider so I'm leaving comcast in a couple of weeks.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

This is beautiful! It's like a textbook example for everyone paying attention to draw crisp conclusions for how the system works.

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[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Going after the coveted racist bot market.

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[-] Tehhund@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Did anyone read the article? Besides the top 2, these amounts are paltry:

Data by MediaRadar showed that Comcast, which spent less than $1.5 million on X this year, was followed by Warner Bros. Discovery at $1.1 million, whose ads are supporting theatrical releases of movies, and Disney at under $550,000. Lionsgate spent less than $230,000, while IBM allocated under $2,000.

That's embarrassing.

[-] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

He'll get advertisers just as actual people leave.

[-] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

They can eat their shit

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Of course they are they only care about money.

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