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Elon Musk Takes On Apple’s Power, Setting Up a Clash
NYT ^ | NOVEMBER 28 2022 | Kate Conger

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apple; elonisjesus; elonmusk; elonworship; iphone; mosk; musk; piphone; saviormusk; spacex; starlink; tesla; truthsocial; twitter
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Time for the freedom loving masses to start waging a war against hard core leftie Big Tech.
1 posted on 11/28/2022 2:26:36 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

A Clash?

Looks like Musk is gettin’ ready to rock the casbah.


2 posted on 11/28/2022 2:28:38 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

I saw that.


3 posted on 11/28/2022 2:30:50 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

;’}


4 posted on 11/28/2022 2:36:11 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: SmokingJoe

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.


5 posted on 11/28/2022 2:36:22 PM PST by Celerity
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To: SmokingJoe

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


6 posted on 11/28/2022 2:37:55 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

Go Musk GO!!!!


7 posted on 11/28/2022 2:40:19 PM PST by rapture-me
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To: Celerity

I would not it either.


8 posted on 11/28/2022 2:40:24 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Cajones.

If he makes a phone that runs linux or a clean android with an open bootloader, I’m in.


9 posted on 11/28/2022 2:40:30 PM PST by fretzer
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To: canuck_conservative
You can always download Twitter from a download ink at Twitter itself. And Musk is probably already working on that.
Its not that hard.
10 posted on 11/28/2022 2:41:17 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: canuck_conservative

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.


11 posted on 11/28/2022 2:43:48 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: SmokingJoe
Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h


12 posted on 11/28/2022 2:45:32 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: SmokingJoe
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Apple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers
Yes
85.2%
No
14.8%
1,163,103 votes
·
19 hours left

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1597295832759382016

13 posted on 11/28/2022 2:48:51 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: irishjuggler

“If Musk made a smartphone, it’d probably need to run Android apps to have a fighting chance in the marketplace.”

Not going to happen, according to Musk.

https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1305570412349321216&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifewire.com%2Fembed%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftwitter.com%252Felonmusk%252Fstatus%252F1305570412349321216%253Fs%253D20%26id%3Dmntl-sc-block_1-0-13-iframe%26options%3De30%253D%26docId%3D5212799&sessionId=23f28608ab3f5dc13bb7f96b1ffb5a2a17c61e89&theme=light&widgetsVersion=a3525f077c700%3A1667415560940&width=550px


14 posted on 11/28/2022 2:49:18 PM PST by roadcat
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To: NorthMountain

iswydt


15 posted on 11/28/2022 2:49:29 PM PST by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: SmokingJoe

Go Elon!


16 posted on 11/28/2022 2:50:51 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: fretzer

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.


17 posted on 11/28/2022 2:51:56 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: SmokingJoe


You can always download Twitter from a download ink at Twitter itself. And Musk is probably already working on that. Its not that hard.

can't you use twitter from a phone browser? if so, what's the fuss...


18 posted on 11/28/2022 2:52:56 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: canuck_conservative

I would get one.


19 posted on 11/28/2022 2:56:05 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: 867V309
can't you use twitter from a phone browser?

Yes.
I run Twitter from my browser. Never downloaded the app.

20 posted on 11/28/2022 2:56:35 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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