Elon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existence | CNN Business
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A major ad industry group is shutting down, days after Elon Musk-owned X filed a lawsuit that claimed the group illegally conspired to boycott advertising on his platform.
    • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      5 months ago

      Nobody was conspiring, they just stopped advertising on a sinking ship.

    • RampsquatchEnglish
      61·
      5 months ago

      Except I doubt the conspired. I find it far more likely that they all saw what Muskrat was doing and didn’t want to do business with him, because he’s an ass.

      Also he told them to go fuck themselves, so yea.

    • jaemoEnglish
      72·
      5 months ago

      Nothing Musk does is ever right, but I guess a simp is gonna simp.

    • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      I rather doubt that buyer boycotts are actually illegal (with the exception of the anti Israel boycotts).

        • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
          4·
          5 months ago

          What monopoly? There are many platforms for ad placement. Boycotting one platform doesn’t make the rest of the market a monopoly.

        • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          A monopoly exists when there is only one seller of a product. A monopsony exists when there is only one buyer of a product.

          I’m really not sure that the Sherman Antitrust Act regulates artificial monopsonies the same way it does with monopolies