💸 "Privacy" for $300 million? A story about Durov that is hard to believe
🤡 The channel "Durov Code" unexpectedly rolled out a convenient tale:
it is said that Pavel Durov personally refused Elon Musk to integrate Grok because… he was concerned about user data.
Yes, yes, exactly like that.
Allegedly, the deal that could have brought Telegram over $300 million fell through due to high morals and privacy principles 🙃
🤔 But there's a catch.
If Durov were really guarding the data:
• he would have said so himself
• instead of forcing the integration for months
• instead of making presentations
• and creating the impression that the deal was almost in the bag
📝 The article looks like pure paid content — an attempt to carefully whitewash the image before investors and the market.
🚨 The reality is much more prosaic:
Elon simply didn't want to play by Telegram's rules — and sent this whole story packing.
😁 The result on the scoreboard:
Instead of +$300 million from Grok
Telegram received a crooked integration of "Sosun",
which in 3 months brought… well, almost nothing.
Durov himself prefers to remain silent.
Because he knows: as soon as he personally claims about "data protection" —
Musk can easily go on X (Twitter) and tell in detail how it really was 😏
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