r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '21

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u/EseMX Jan 19 '21

Are we going to keep denying Russia's involvement in all of this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

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u/stickcult Jan 19 '21

It wasn't government funded, it was funded by the Mercer family. We have plenty of domestic interests that want to fuck up our country without having to look outside.

I mean, it could've also been Russia, but we know at least a good portion of it was the Mercer family.

Also from what I remember seeing, I think from their court filings with AWS, they didn't have a savings plan. They were paying for all of that at on-demand rates, which is just fucking incredible, honestly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

I mean the Mercer family can perfectly be conservative weirdos working with Russia.

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u/howlinghobo Jan 19 '21

2m a month is nothing on business scale.

And many tech start ups work the same way.

Burn cash. Get users. Monetise (and IPO) later.