RedState: In what I suspect is a spate of misinformed zealotry, Apple has threatened to remove the Twitter app from its App Store. At least, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
This is all part of the effort by left-wing zealots to “punish” Twitter for proposing to end censorship based on political leanings. Mr. Musk said that, if pressed, he would launch his own line of phones in response. Should Apple CEO Tim Cook take such a threat seriously, or can he laugh it off?
I think he’d best take it very seriously.
In Tesla, Elon Musk has the only ‘tech’ brand name that comes close to Apple in terms of panache. A Tesla Phone actually has a chance of becoming The Next Big Thing. More worrisome for Apple, Tesla could realistically blossom into a complete lifestyle brand with phones, tablets, home security… all the toys. And Musk already has the car, something Apple has been tinkering with in a “skunk works” for years. more
I think I’d buy one.
For one thing, I like what Elon is doing these days, especially if it pokes a finger in the eye of the Hi Tech Mastodons!
For another I think his organization has the horsepower to support such an endeavor!
Third, old fashioned competition improves the product and drives prices down.
Some have ta’ fuck around and find out before it dawns on them there are people who don’t play grab ass with pathetic miserable losers
FAFO, Apple. I don’t use a smartphone, but my husband does. He says if Musk does produce a smartphone, he would immediately dump Apple and buy one.
I meant to add this to my post above: “Musk also has Something Interesting that only he has, in the form of a nearly-completed worldwide network of communications satellites in low Earth orbit. This may or may not be applicable to smartphones; I am not privy to the ‘feeds and speeds’ of Starlink. At a minimum, he has a way to offer ‘no dead zones… anywhere’ that would be unique in the industry.”
I have to say that if I were a billionaire I would be a force to be reckoned with.
Just like Michael Jordan, I would be fueled by irrational petty spite & vindictiveness.
Cross me motherfuckers and find out.
Alas…and lucky for them, I am but a peasant
It is hard for me to grasp the idea that anyone gives a tinker’s cuss about twatter. Fuck all of these people with dynamite.
Mr. Hahn undersold the hell out of the threat Musk poses to Apple. Space X ring a bell? How about Star Link. For Christ sake Musk already has his own Satellite Internet Company.
It’s such a natural progression I’d b shocked if Musky hasn’t already drawn up the biz plans in anticipation of this amateur move.
As if it isn’t already apparent…
Only trust a Loco with an avatar.
Avatars are like a Twitter “blue check mark”
It means I’m legit.
Sorry Brad… I don’t make the rules
I do hope you will acknowledge the record
You were warned years ago
Apple is rotten to it’s root core
Flash F$$$ Seeds
Shit pal, 11K a month. I couldn’t afford the pay cut. I don’t know how you’re doing it.
…so does the cell phone battery burst into flames too?
…sorry, couldn’t resist…
Sure Brad, but if you factor in, just like Romney, Sharpton, and Pelosi, I don’t pay taxes on it…
SNS, as soon as they perfect an actual quantum battery, all bets are off…
If Elon came out with a phone I would give immediate and serious consideration to changing. I’m usually reluctant to jump on the 1st generation of anything, but this would get my attention.
It’s not the cell phone, it’s the platform and the Apps.
Blackberry, yes those guys, actually sell the most secure Smart Phone available. I’m waiting for my I Phone 6 to finally die and a Blackberry will be my next phone.
I remember when we had blackberry as president for 8 years…
Apple has a Quandry Basket of Trials and Tribulations ahead.
Here’s How
They remove the Twitter App and Prove they are rotten
OR
They allow the App an do everything they have learned so far to downgrade, downplay and otherwise drown out any compitition with shadow bans and shadow plays and puppet stuffs
In a just world, Apple would go for broke and ban it just so we can watch how a real GO signal is sent.
Do it Apple
Do It
Please
I would bet there’s more people out there that are more concerned with their Twitter feed than the device that gets them there.
I would buy one, but I would also hope the price isn’t much of a factor…cheaper the phone, the more gun and fishing goodies I can buy. Still clinging to my Samsung Note 4 and actually like the phone a lot, but would consider a change.
I guess this is the Tesla phone…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdtiIln_e8
Apple’s core is rotten. And probably wormy. For sure, buggy.
I’d trade my iPhone in for a Tesla phone, so long as I could still get to iotw on it.
I would seriously consider one if it were available, just to piss off Apple and Google.