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Elon Musk @elonmusk · Follow I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone 10:25 PM · Nov 25, 2022
I'd back Musk in any fight with Apple, any day any time.
I don’t use Twitter. But if Apple and Google ban it, I’d buy Musk’s phone on sheer principle.
If Elon got into the phone business I’m sure he’d make one better than apple and android. I think they realize that.
There are rival phone designs out there already. If push came to show, something could probably make it to market in less than a year.
The whole ecosystem thing is another issue. I’d bet that the best way around those would be to run apple and android apps in a sandbox on the new SpaceX OS.
Maybe a phone based on privacy?
Google views its users as their product, if Musk creates a phone, it surely cannot be worse and likely would be an upgrade. I would be very motivated to give it a very serious look with the expectation I would switch.
Yep.
That Gay running Apple and that Indian running Google are about to open
a can of worms for themselves and their investors and shareholders.
My money is on Musk.
I’m in for a Muskphone. And a Muskpod. And an iMisk. I have Apple, and am happy with their stuff, but detest their wokeness. Elon, please consider doing a company that was like Apple when it was run by a real leader.
Google and Apple acting like petulant children. How hard is it to go to Twitter.com and download the app from there?
Go for it Elon.
There are a couple of phone companies out there that have already done the groundwork but need economies of scale to be successful. At least one is a Linux based phone, and there is at least one more that runs on some OS designed for privacy, but I forgot what.
I’d immediately buy one.
Don’t we have antitrust laws for this sorta thing?
Bring it. I am waiting. IOS and Android have been devolving for years.
Assuming I’m still alive, I’ll buy one cuz I despise both Goolag and Apple.
“I’d back Musk in any fight with Apple, any day any time.”
The EU has slowly been chipping away at Apple’s proprietary ecosystem. Tim Cook, Apple CEO, is probably smart enough to realize if he bans Twitter from the app store, and prevents Apple device users from downloading apps directly from Twitter, he may find courts are not sympathetic. The EU may also start examining restrictive policies with respect to downloading and installing apps.
The app stores are significant revenue producers for the phone makers.
StarPhone
Hmmm.
I loved my old Samsung flip phone but 2g was discontinued.
I liked my Nokia MSFT phones, but they were also made redundant.
Probably would not buy a musk phone
Google is the reason I use Apple...the only reason.
I'll switch in a heartbeat and I don't do Twitter.
We have a ban on mining raw rare Earth materials here in the U.S. that are used to make the phones, and the taxes alone would make Musk think twice.
All the smartphones are made in China or Taiwan. All Google or Apple execs have to do is make one phone call ordering them not to make Musk phones or they're pulling out.
I really wish we could get more Linux phones around here.
Why are we waiting on Musk though? Shouldn’t we do it ourselves?