Posted on 11/30/2022 6:53:58 PM PST by SmokingJoe
My hunch is Apple was ALREADY feeling the anger from many customers that Apple was against free speech. I think Apple was already losing customers by cutting advertising and threatening Twitter.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Twitter is purging a lot of spam/scam accounts right now, so you may see your follower count drop
Glad the problem is over .. but I still want the list of advertisers who left Twitter. Boycotts work...
Maybe some rational Apple board members had a talk with Tim Cook about starting an unnecessary war with someone who could create a Tesla Phone and split the market in three.
some are listed here:
22 Nov: Financial Express: Major advertisers urged to ‘boycott’ Twitter after Trump reinstated
A number of brands, including ***BALENCIAGA SA***, General Mills Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Volkswagen Group, have paused their ad spending on Twitter as the company undergoes significant changes under Musk
Written by Bloomberg
https://www.financialexpress.com/brandwagon/major-advertisers-urged-to-boycott-twitter-after-trump-reinstated/2881321/
not suggesting a connection between BALENCIAGA’s action above and Musk’s action below, but...
21 Nov: Firstpost: After acquisition, Elon Musk taking down child sexual exploitation content from Twitter
For over a decade, there has been inactivity by Twitter on the subject under the previous management who did not comprehensively addressed the matter of publishing content that demonstrates child sexual exploitation (CSE)
by Umang Sharma; With inputs from agencies
New Delhi: After Elon Musk took over Twitter on 27 October this year, the social media giant has started “taking child exploitation seriously” and issues related to such similar content are being addressed and removed at a faster pace...
https://www.firstpost.com/world/after-acquisition-elon-musk-taking-down-child-sexual-exploitation-content-from-twitter-11665171.html
He threatened to make smart phones and they don’t want that, because he’d make a damn good one,sell it for less, and tie it into Starlink to do things they can’t do.
Oh I think Tim Cook and China took the threat of a Starlink phone seriously and backed down.
BINGO!
But Musk will still do it.
I hope this doesn’t change, but it appears that Elon Musk is one of the rare people, who really is a “people person” much like President Trump, whom Musk seems not to support.
That is a pity. They would make an awesome, wicked Pair.
Thank God he is rich enough to take on all those Commies.
What he is really saying, is that his treats shut them up.
Didn’t Apple turn on the protesters and help the Chinese Communist PartyWell yea, but that's not to be discussed around the "meditation" pool. APP's are way more important for democracy.
Thanks MAGA
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