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Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X (arstechnica.com)
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[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

On the one hand I hate Elon Musk. On the other hand I also hate advertisement.

So.... win / win?

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 18 points 3 months ago

Idk, advertisers didn't get shut down, a group promoting best practices in advertising got shut down.

You're about to dislike ads even more.

[–] gearheart@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Lose/lose situation here unfortunately.

Basically he threw a fit. It worked.

It affected something that it should not have.