Posted on 11/28/2022 2:26:36 PM PST by SmokingJoe
In a series of tweets on Monday, Mr. Musk accused Apple of threatening to pull Twitter from its App Store and of trying to censor.
SAN FRANCISCO — “What’s going on here @tim_cook?” Elon Musk tweeted on Monday to Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple, igniting a spat between the world’s richest man and the world’s most valuable public company.
In a series of tweets over 15 minutes, Mr. Musk, the new owner of Twitter, accused Apple of threatening to withhold Twitter from its App Store, a move that would limit some new users from downloading the app. The action would amount to censorship, Mr. Musk said. He added that Apple had also reduced its advertising spending on Twitter.
Elon Musk @elonmusk · Follow Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America? 5:45 PM · Nov 28, 2022
With the tweets, Mr. Musk set the stage for a power struggle with Mr. Cook, who holds immense influence over other tech companies through Apple’s dominance. Mr. Musk has a vested interest now in Apple’s clout because of his ownership of Twitter, which he bought last month for $44 billion and which is used by iPhone owners around the world. In one tweet, Mr. Musk implied he was ready for “war” with Apple.
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A Clash?
Looks like Musk is gettin’ ready to rock the casbah.
I saw that.
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If Elon were to make a phone, I would not it.
To get away from the tech tyrants? I don’t care about specs or anything. I just want to stop my money going to these people.
And of course, choke off Chinese slave labor too. That would be nice.
if Apple cuts off Twitter, Musk has said he would make his own smartphone to compete directly with the iPhone
that could be real interesting
Go Musk GO!!!!
I would not it either.
Cajones.
If he makes a phone that runs linux or a clean android with an open bootloader, I’m in.
If Musk made a smartphone, it’d probably need to run Android apps to have a fighting chance in the marketplace. Even Microsoft, despite throwing tens of billions at the problem, couldn’t pull off a 3rd smartphone platform at this point. The 3rd party app universe is so huge that the overwhelming share of users are going to stick with Apple or Android.
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Go Elon!
I don’t care what it runs on as long as it can run common apps. He can create his own emulator OS I don’t care. Just get me off Google and Apple for mobile devices.
I would get one.
Yes.
I run Twitter from my browser. Never downloaded the app.
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