My cynical/realist interpretation of what's happening: Musk is not at the same point he was before when he rejected bringing Jones back. He's chosen not to completely cave to the regime to bring back ads, so giving the impression of replatforming Jones is good optics, & he's in an optics war. He needs the people's support, so he can't be as negative against Jones as he used to be. Everything he does is out of self-interest (with some whimsy), not for the greater good. This could be interesting.