Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Stuff like this is why old money laughs at new money.

    Of course, if Notch doesn’t have kids, what’s he holding on to it for…

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      1 year ago

      Far be it from me to demand frugality from a billionaire. It would have been wiser to waste money without simultaneously scoring an “own goal” on his mental health, though…

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        1 year ago

        No one is really ready to get a check for $2.5B.

        That $70M house was 2.8% of his payout from Microsoft. That would be like someone with $10M buying a $280,000 house. The house wasn’t that crazy of a purchase in terms of price, but didn’t do anything to help give him ties to a community, which is probably what he really needed. Maybe he thought it would get him into the Hollywood community, but he was a fish out of water.