It’s possible that the enforcement of a rate limit isn’t because of AI scraping, but rather because they failed to migrate before the June 30th deadline.

  • psilocybin@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Lol, what?

    He is one of the richest oligarchs in the world, its people like him that the whole system caters to.

    Nobody is controlling him, he can do whatever the fuck he wants and he just happens to want a lot of dumb shit.

    • just_browsing@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      It’s not like he just wrote a check. He took out loans and got other investors to sign on to fund the Twitter purchase. Even someone as wealthy as him has to answer to others.

    • BorkFart@lemmy.world
      English
      1·
      1 year ago

      He needs a complex system of propping up crap to maintain a certain measure of wealth. Sure, he could totally cash out and live extremely comfortably for the rest of his life, but it seems like ego is driving him to chase that ephemeral number and status.