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45. One of the top Twitter execs who's out now has said Musk has a lot to fear from those app

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 09:09 PM

Nov 2022

stores, because of what he's doing with Twitter.

And Apple deleted all the tweets from its main Twitter account last week.

And the Apple exec who heads their app store deleted his Twitter account completely.

Which weren't seen as good signs for Apple's app store continuing to offer Twitter.

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Elon Musk just said he'll make his own phones if Apple & Google app stores drop Twitter [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2022 OP

Russian and Chinese hacking/tracking viruses free with every purchase!!! Act NOW! ret5hd Nov 2022 #1

Mediatek WA-03 Democrat Nov 2022 #15

And Google and Apple hildegaard28 Nov 2022 #2

Eloon Musk WEENIE HUT JR Phones TheBlackAdder Nov 2022 #22

I'm 58 and I love that episode. Ray Bruns Nov 2022 #25

Good luck with that Elon. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #3

Good luck indeed declanwxyz Nov 2022 #64

C'mon Elon, do it!! relayerbob Nov 2022 #4

World record fail. lindysalsagal Nov 2022 #5

It seems to be some kind of virus PatSeg Nov 2022 #58

The E.Lon. It self-dials then explodes. Solly Mack Nov 2022 #6

Seems like a slow death for twitter...... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #7

Does having a lot of money..... RussBLib Nov 2022 #8

I'm betting that Elon is running for President in 2024. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #10

Thankfully GrapesOfWrath Nov 2022 #16

He'll just buy the Constitution, don't 'cha know? WheelWalker Nov 2022 #19

Well. SCOTUS is for sale. Yavin4 Nov 2022 #28

Scary yankee87 Nov 2022 #69

Good point! I forgot about that. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #21

Er, area51 Nov 2022 #42

Doesn't matter, their parents were US citizens liberaltrucker Nov 2022 #43

His parents were South Africans. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #48

I was referring to Cruz, Romney, and McCain liberaltrucker Nov 2022 #56

I think an argument could be made that Cruz is not qualified. Romney was born in Detroit. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #68

I know there was some bullshit with Cruz but I thought GrapesOfWrath Nov 2022 #66

He was born in South Africa and thus can't run for president. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #47

If he earned the money I might see that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 #12

Add in a couple of casinos, steaks, and vodka companies. It'll be a re-run. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #20

Yeah, Musk is morphing into T**** RussBLib Nov 2022 #27

... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #46

Except Musk has a lot more to lose PatSeg Nov 2022 #60

I know. 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #29

I think that is their cue. nt BootinUp Nov 2022 #9

I'm sure it'll be as successful as hyperloop Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 #11

Good luck finding a way past all the patents! WestMichRad Nov 2022 #13

Sure! WA-03 Democrat Nov 2022 #14

Oh, sure. I for one will rush to wait for it. Not. Hortensis Nov 2022 #17

For a modest premium of 33%, you can put the phone in a self-dialing mode dalton99a Nov 2022 #18

Everybody "builds" phones. OilemFirchen Nov 2022 #23

exactly blogslug Nov 2022 #55

HA HA HA Faux pas Nov 2022 #24

I'm glad I never got Cha Nov 2022 #26

Note he didn't say smart phone. uncle ray Nov 2022 #30

After taking one call on the Musk phone: highplainsdem Nov 2022 #31

Elon Musk releases first images of the new Tesla phone: highplainsdem Nov 2022 #32

E-Loon's phones will catch fire like his cars. sarcasmo Nov 2022 #33

Yep. I've been seeing tweets about that. The people still on Twitter highplainsdem Nov 2022 #34

Watching Tesla stock drop is a fun hobby. sarcasmo Nov 2022 #53

It's not that hard to make a phone edhopper Nov 2022 #35

He'll be able to do all the coding himself in four hours tops tenderfoot Nov 2022 #40

With what? Stone? LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #36

I hope the worst happens to him. LiberalFighter Nov 2022 #37

"Well, I have three businesses here I don't know how to run and am rapidly losing interest in, Emrys Nov 2022 #38

Oh, I'm sure he'll do all the work himself tenderfoot Nov 2022 #39

are apple and google even talking about that? Or is this just a rethug stirring shit for no reason? Takket Nov 2022 #41

One of the top Twitter execs who's out now has said Musk has a lot to fear from those app highplainsdem Nov 2022 #45

A- he did not build the rocket ship. B- is there a phone company for sale? niyad Nov 2022 #44

Yeah that will be a surefire way to get hacked, doxxed, and phished. Initech Nov 2022 #49

I wouldn't buy anything from this dude. Twitter is doomed. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #50

Actually, he could do that; the only problem is that the Chinese have already beat him to it... keep_left Nov 2022 #51

Please do. LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #52

Microsoft tried doing exactly that about a decade ago. tinrobot Nov 2022 #54

NGL, I think he should In It to Win It Nov 2022 #57

Eloon's sockpuppet, catturd, will be making the phones. madinmaryland Nov 2022 #59

He's Really Losing It. speak easy Nov 2022 #61

"The number you have dialed, would like to see you DemocraticPatriot Nov 2022 #62

This idiot will be lucky to buy a latte at Starbucks Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #63

Get in on the ground floor of 2 cans and a string lame54 Nov 2022 #65

Oligarchs are jealous of one another and seek to gain what the others have Kennah Nov 2022 #67