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This isn't quite true as those acquisitions are paid for by stock and debt to a large extent

It's not like they bought these with a pile of $6B cash they had lying around




> stock and debt

Yes, and now they are burning tons of money due to that debt and having to make ridiculous decisions to appease the stockholders. You just stated the exact reason this whole thing is a problem.




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