After a series of offers and negotiations, the teen who tracked Musk’s private jet and updated its locations has rejected Musk’s offer. 

 

Denial of the Offer

 

Previously, Jack Sweeney, the teenager who tracked Elon Musk’s private jet rejected the offer of getting a free Tesla in exchange for deleting the former’s Twitter account. However, he rejected the offer. 

The 19-year-old Twitter user was famous for his track updates on the Tesla CEO’s privat jet. According to his statements, he was previously offered a free Tesla from Musk in exchange for deleting the account. Prior to that, he had rejected an offer of $5000 from the Tesla CEO. 

 

Aggravation of Counter Offers

 

In the past, Scott Painter, CEO of Autonomy, a car hire company, offered Sweeney a subscription to a Tesla Model 3 if he deleted the Musk jet-tracking account. According to reports, the offer was for a three-year subscription. To which, Sweeney responded a disinterest. 

During an interview, Sweeney explained the reason behind his decision. “I want my own car. I don’t want to have to give it back in three years. If I got an actual Tesla, then I would take it down,” he said. Sweeney’s jet-tracking account uses bots that monitor publicly available air traffic data. After turning down $5,000 from Musk to delete the account, reports state that he refused the offer as it was not enough for him to replace the satisfaction he gets from running the account. 

 

Timeline of ‘Offer’ Events

 

On Jan 27 2022, Sweeney received a private message on Twitter from Musk himself that said, “Can you take this down? It is a security risk.” To which, Sweeney responded that it will cost him a Model 3 in order to take down the account. 

Further, Musk made a counteroffer of $5000 “for this account and generally helping make it harder for crazy people to track him?” To which, Sweeney nodded with a revised charge of $50k, citing college funding. He further quoted the billionaire that the money could go toward buying a Tesla Model 3.

According to reports, Musk said he would think about it but took days to get back in touch with Sweeney. When Sweeney told Musk where he was aggregating the data from, Musk responded, “Air traffic control is so primitive.”