Elon Musk Claims Apple Has 'Mostly Stopped' Offering Ads on Twitter and Is Making Moderation Demands

[tomtendo]

I feel so good being on the right side of history about this guy. I said it years ago when made up a story about one of the guys that help rescue those kids in the cave. Elon is an idiot, he has always been. But not only is he a idiot, but looney too.

Everyone is so proud of you!

 

[PauloSera]

To answer his question, yes they most definitely do. Regardless of where they advertise.

 

[sers]

Apple likes free speech as long as it's their version of free speech.

 

[BWhaler]

We're gonna need a smaller violin!
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this is brilliant. Well done.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Omfg Elon you loser incel SHUT THE **** UP

I can say, Elon Musk is smart but at this point, he is an attention seeker. He's overly annoying now.

 

[SW3029]

Apple does a lot of business with China. It’s no surprise they don’t like free speech.

Musk is showing us just how much corporations control our thoughts. He’s risking his wealth and status to do so. I didnt have strong opinions about him before he bought Twitter. But he is really impressing me with his dedication to free speech.

lol know how much biz Tesla does in China??? 🤣🤣🤣

 

[VSG]

Apple - as any sentient company - doesn’t „hate free speech“. It’s Twitter that is freeing hate speech.

That platform has been toxic for some time. Right now it’s pure acid. Any single trend that is shown to me gives me the creeps in the first three Tweets displayed.
If I was in charge of a billion dollar company, I wouldn’t want my ads to show up sandwiched between this kind of content.

There are limits to free speech.
No one has the right to scream „Fire“ in a crowded room when there is no flame.
And no one has the right to publicly harass another being because, you know ‚free speech‘.
My own freedom ends where the other person‘s begins. If we can’t agree on that, we’re not a society anymore but a pile of selfish egomaniacs.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Nothing personal, but I do no longer crave for a Tesla...
I've heard very bad comments about their Customer Support and warranties. I'll still verify those claims when I'm ready to look for a new car.

 

[MacOH21]

This must be how Elon gets all his girlfriends - just hound them until they relent.

 

[goodcow]

Let’s be real. The left doesn’t like any speech that disagrees with their viewpoint and they want to shut it down.

Rational people can disagree about things, but have debate based around facts, and lived experiences.

Most people don't want to be on a platform, or associate with one full of hate speech, bigotry, misinformation, and SPAM.

 

[huge_apple_fangirl]

One of the reasons I was so excited for Elon to buy Twitter is because there is no way he could make it worse. Either he could actually make it more politically balanced rather than catering to the most insane far-left members of journalism and academia, or he could destroy it in the process and rid the internet of the toxic hellsite. Seems he's going with option b. Fine with me!

 

[Analog Kid]

I'm tired of this mis-labeled "free speech" argument. Doesn't freedom of speech imply the freedom to not participate in a conversation? Free speech shouldn't mean forced participation. I don't want to listen or contribute, and don't blame advertisers for not wanting to either.

 

[erikkfi]

Apple doesn’t advertise on Parler or Truth Social. Do they hate free speech in America?

 

[TMRJIJ]

Let’s be real. The left doesn’t like any speech that disagrees with their viewpoint and they want to shut it down.

This is coming from the right that doesn’t like anyone of different sexuality, race, or their rights to their bodies...Censoring books, rewriting racist history, preventing other people from marrying who they want, and banning abortions.

EDIT: Oh and btw, literally tried to overthrow our government and tried to hang the Vice President just because your guy is a sore loser.

 

[robvalentine]

Let’s be real. The left doesn’t like any speech that disagrees with their viewpoint and they want to shut it down.

Let’s be real. The right doesn’t like any speech that disagrees with their viewpoint and they want to shut it down.

Fixed it for you.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

One of the reasons I was so excited for Elon to buy Twitter is because there is no way he could make it worse. Either he could actually make it more politically balanced rather than catering to the most insane far-left members of journalism and academia, or he could destroy it in the process and rid the internet of the toxic hellsite. Seems he's going with option b. Fine with me!

Just waiting for the day when Twitter is officially dead. Elon can't handle people and big companies are fleeing on him. What a waste of $44 Billion Dollars.

 

[DMG35]

We are witnessing the real-time mental breakdown of a billionaire. If Apple and Google pull Twitter from their app stores, Twitter is done. Musk knows he's ****ed.

If Apple and Google did that it would be a massive mistake. They would have no real reason to do it except that they disagree with Musk's decisions. You can't start a practice of banning apps just because you don't like the creator. I'm not a fan of Musk but would very much disagree with Apple and Google if they did that.

 

[machpost]

Apple doesn't hate free speech, maybe they hate you, Elon. Now go invent cool stuff and ****. You and Twitter are trash.

 

[GMShadow]

Last week, nonprofit organization Media Matters

Democratic Party organization. Calling them a 'non-profit' is burying the lede just a bit.

MMFA has some of the most disgusting people ever to walk the face of the planet working for it. Under no circumstances should they be thought of as anything other than a hyper-partisan political weapon.

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

I hope to God Tim Cook does not respond to Elon Musk. Not sure why Elon is trying to instigate. The fact he used an iPhone to attack Tim Cook and Apple is just wrong.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1597290422375587840

Problem is the people in the LÈFT are hypocrites they insist that they are open minded / acceptive of others but in reality if they disagree with anything of other peoples views points they would be believing double standards are fair.

 

[Andronicus]

I had a twitter account, I recently deleted it. My 2 followers I’m sure are sorely disappointed. I mainly used it as a news feed, but this day and age everything is being posted everywhere. There really is no need to have 10 different social media accounts.

Also, Apple and anyone else should do whatever they want to do. Musk can moan about it, but hey it’s a free market baby.

And lastly, I read an article that musk tweeted how apple “secretly takes 30% from anything you buy in the AppStore”. Stop trying to be a scaremongering boogeyman, musk. I knew that and I’m not even a developer. Lol

 

[blacktape242]

shame on apple for demanding that.. shame on every woke co for demanding that.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

It is concerning how many people are cheering on the idea of Apple banishing Twitter from the App Store.

Unless you can point to specific reasons that should be done compared to prior to Elon's ownership and not just "Elon is a bad man", you're ok with apps being disallowed just based on who owns them.

"Agree with us 100% of the time or you're silenced". Is that really what you think is right?

 

[SW3029]

If Apple and Google did that it would be a massive mistake. They would have no real reason to do it except that they disagree with Musk's decisions. You can't start a practice of banning apps just because you don't like the creator. I'm not a fan of Musk but would very much disagree with Apple and Google if they did that.

Their decision would have nothing to do with how they feel about Musk. Their decision would be based on the fact that the Twitter platform is used to spread hate speech and lies. Trust me, Apple and Google don't give a damn about Elon Musk the man. They care about the apps which they give permission to operate on their iOS and android platforms and will protect the image of those platforms at all costs.

 

[DMG35]

Wrong again, kiddo.

The left just laughs at most of it but they do want to shut down hate speech and dangerous misinformation. You can spout all your "dumb guy" takes and we usually just laugh at you for being so stupid. No need to shut it down. Most of your kind are harmless little fellas.

I agree with you mostly here, but people don't' seem to have an issue with the Taliban being on twitter or the myriad of other horrific groups. A lot of it is social justice nonsense that people could simply block but can't because they like to fight online.