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		aianus 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay package... Meta buys back stock all the time, in practice they do the opposite of diluting shareholders. You're right that they don't need to do this.

tonyhart7 14 days ago [–]

right, meta literally profit 50+ billion last year or 2 years ago, they literally buy back all the time

also most tech company do this originally as tax loophole for big tech

its nothing to do with printing money or another theory conspiracy like another commenter says

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