Posted on 02/23/2022 8:50:00 AM PST by Coronal
An apparent rip-off of Donald Trump’s social media network Truth Social has racked up downloads in the six figures on Google’s Play Store, causing confusion by MAGA types who failed to realize the distinction.
Insider first reported that the app, which is titled “MAGA Hub — Truth Social Trump” on the Play Store, has crossed 100,000 downloads as of Tuesday. While the app itself was launched in August 2021, well before news broke that Trump was pursuing the “Truth” branding for his social network, most of the downloads appear to have been in the last few weeks. Trump Media & Technology Group recently released a beta version of Truth Social via Apple’s App Store, but it has yet to open the platform to Android users. The “MAGA Hub” app has stepped up to fill that void, appearing at the top of search results for an official release on the Play Store.
MAGA Hub, for what it’s worth, contains $28.99 in-app purchases with an unclear purpose and automatically subscribes users to a global chat group which Insider reports sends out “a constant stream of memes and messages.” The page lists as the developer a man named Lukas Neissen, who has published several other apps under the “SocialHubs” brand, including virtually identical apps for LGBT people and fans of YouTuber Jake Paul or Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. A residential address in Germany is also listed as the company’s location.
MAGA Hub promises various features for users, including that it is “End-to-end encrypted, no algorithms,” has a Stories feature, and boasts an “endless amount of content customized for you.” It also states users will be able to play the curiously titled “MAGA-Game”:
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Android, I mean google OS, causing problems for Trump supporters??? Say it ain’t so, Joe.
I see a straight line from the Play Store to a trojan, and I’d lay odds google is behind it somehow.
I avoid Google at all costs.
Google more than happy to mess with Trump supporters. It’s a war folks and you better be up for the battle.
It appears that it’s gone now. If Google were involved, I would think that the app would still be there.
I posted similar a few threads up. I got suckered in on this. Fortunately, they only got my email address.
There’s a virus or trojan involved somewhere in that app, I’m betting. Stay away from Google, if you can.
Yeah...me too, I’m not thrilled I even gave them an email address though. Did your account get created? I got some message about a failure due to a daily limit.
Anyone thinks we will be able to peacefully coexist with these people is nuts. The time is coming.
I also originally got the daily limit error error yesterday. Then when I pulled it up today, it asked to resend the email. So I did and got on the site. It was kinda like twitter lite. But once I found it was not Truth Social, I deleted the app.
Sounds like fraud.
It would be nice if Mr Nunes would post something somewhere to give a status update to Truth Social. I also created an APP account two days ago and still waiting for authorization???
Got it !!!!
Is Truth Social accessible without an app or PC download?
LOL.
Not at present.
Didn’t fool me. I don’t put apps on my iPhone.
I dumped my Android phone because there was no way around Google with Android, the damn IPhone is a hell of a lot more expensive but I did it anyway!!
Truth Social is based on an inconsistent premise.
It should have been made available for Linux on the desktop and Linux phones as well.
Trump is right now in a unique position to help us all get the heck off of Big Tech. But for now, he is absent and is not helping little tech. The requirement is that you must have a Big Tech iphone, which is blatantly ridiculous.
If there is new information I have as yet been made aware of it.
That explains the BS they’ve been putting me through! Grrrrrr.
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