Oh, they don't "own" Twitter, they're minor investors who've lost two-thirds of their ill-advised investment and can't be too thrilled about it.
Golf's ridiculous in any case. That's less of an actual sport than curling is.
@mcfate they funded it to kill it; they're delighted with the return on their investment.
Curling rocks ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐คฃ
So, you think they set several billion dollars on fire to somehow destroy a web site that you can't access safely in Saudi Arabia in the first place?
They wanted FEWER ways to find dissidents, and they were willing to pay big bucks to get rid of some?
I'm unpersuaded. I think a stupid Saudi who's impressed by Elmo got himself suckered, and here we are.
My version has the advantage of possessing substantially fewer moving parts.
Also, "never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity".
@killingfloorman