April: The acquisition from Hell
Musk followed through on his impulse, buying Twitter for $44 billion. Cue flames, tidal waves, people screaming about “free speech” but actually meaning to say they want to be racist in public. Through the initial frenzy, though, some marginalized game developers decided to dig their heels in the social site and stay put.
“Despite the public outcry against Musk taking over Twitter, some developers have nonetheless found that Twitter offers unique advantages to their business,” Sisi Jiang wrote. “They’re not uncritical of how Twitter was even before the Musk acquisition. However, they feel that the advantages currently outweigh the downsides.”
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