Exactly. This likely also means Twitter had more than 5% bot population. At some point the math relates to cost per user.
He may be able to shave 10%-15% off the price. Who knows, maybe more. That's big numbers.
Mentioning bot numbers is just a negotiation tactic. It's like when you buy a used car you point out all the flaws in an attempt to get the seller to lower their price even further.
That only works when the flaws are not initially known or before first offer. But if the flaw is much worse than advertised...
you said it has four wheels. My offer was based on that.
That explains why twitter all of the sudden was cleaning up the bots. If Twitter misrepresented the bot numbers it allows Musk to back out and renegotiate.
Edit: Just look at this twitter user. He lost 99% of his followers when twitter cleaned up the bots. https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/justsomeguycc
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