Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again caused a stir on Twitter after he posted on YouTube about “scam ads”. The last time he did such a thing, he heard word about the Twitter deal. So this time, Twitter users make their demands in advance and ask the billionaire to “buy YouTube”.
The trigger was: Tweet from Mr Musk about ads on the video streaming platform saying, “YouTube seems to be non-stop scam ads.” He followed it up with a meme about YouTube’s policy against people swearing instead of when there are scam ads.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 7, 2022
His followers responded quickly to the post.
“Please buy YouTube,” said one Twitter user in response to Mr. Musk’s post. “Imagine being the richest man on earth and not paying the $11.99 a month to remove ads,” said another.
Please buy YouTube. https://t.co/XW6Q59G3cz
— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) June 8, 2022
Some users even posted photos from web series panchayatin which the characters are described as Musk’s team planning to buy YouTube†
The SpaceX chief has tweeted in the past about: “Buy Coca-Cola”leaving Mr. Musk’s followers guessing about his next move.
A few days ago, Mr. Musk threatened to walk away from his $44 billion deal to take over Twitter if the social media network doesn’t provide data on spam and fake accounts.
Twitter was in a “clear material breach” of its obligations and that Musk reserves all rights to terminate the merger agreement, according to a letter he sent to the company and reported by Reuters news agency.
Musk had previously said he would put the deal “temporarily on hold” pending the social media company’s release of data on the share of its fake accounts.
Twitter had downplayed Musk’s warning that the deal was “on hold”, arguing the data would help him prepare for his ownership of Twitter, not conduct due diligence and reopen negotiations.