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Elon & Twitter
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Yeah, but that doesn't apply to all of their products:
Crucial iOS update is breaking iPhones but avoiding it could be worse
IPHONE users are reporting the newest version of iOS 14 is turning their smartphones into useless "paperweights"
www.express.co.uk
Apple's macOS Monterey update breaks some computers
Reports of bricked computers suggest it may be worth waiting for better-behaving code
www.theregister.com
New Apple MacOS Ventura Update Breaks Security Tools
Apple’s new macOS 13 Ventura update broke third-party security tools for millions of users.
www.cyberghostvpn.com
Just a small subset. Don't assume Apple's updates are all perfect (neither are Windows updates from Microsoft) and certainly don't think that Tesla is somehow alone in breaking certain features or functionality with software updates.
Elizabeth Warren is not “the government.” The things she wants are routinely ignored by the rest of the senate and the White House. Just not Fox News.
When it comes to Twitter I trust nothing that comes from Elon.
I use a Samsung phone. Twitter on Android is free, how much do you pay for it on an iPhone?
Or the call could have been like this: “I see you’ve been spreading some completely made-up BS on Twitter and.... no, not that. And.... no, not that either... that stuff about us dropping the Twitter app. It’s harming how people see our brand. And yours. For no good reason. So why don’t you drop by and I’ll not only explain why that is unlikely and even let you talk to our App Store leadership and look at our email traffic about Twitter.
Yeah, 1 o’clock, great, I’ll be at the front gate waiting in a white Model X."
mspohr
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ELON MUSK CLAIMS to be “fighting for free speech in America” but the social network’s new owner appears to be overseeing a purge of left-wing activists from the platform. Several prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had their accounts suspended in the past week, after right-wing operatives appealed directly to Musk to ban them and far-right internet trolls flooded Twitter’s complaints system with false reports about terms of service violations. As the Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin noted on Twitter, the suspended users include Chad Loder, an antifascist researcher whose open-source investigation of the U.S. Capitol riot led to the identification and arrest of a masked Proud Boy who attacked police officers. The account of video journalist Vishal Pratap Singh, who reports on far-right protests in Southern California, has also been suspended.
theintercept.com
Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk
Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform’s right-wing extremists, like Andy Ngo.
theintercept.com
It's the in-app purchases ($8 monthly) that would be subject to the 30% withholding.
30% of nothing is nothing. Also they can easily circumvent in-app purchases.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Maybe they can come to an understanding where Twitter gets “zero fee” in app purchases and Apple gets “zero fee” advertising in return.
I bet that probably breaks some Google covenant though so then they gotta do the same for them.
I bet that probably breaks some Google covenant though so then they gotta do the same for them.
Bogus mass reporting is also used by China to try to suppress opponents.ELON MUSK CLAIMS to be “fighting for free speech in America” but the social network’s new owner appears to be overseeing a purge of left-wing activists from the platform. Several prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had their accounts suspended in the past week, after right-wing operatives appealed directly to Musk to ban them and far-right internet trolls flooded Twitter’s complaints system with false reports about terms of service violations. As the Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin noted on Twitter, the suspended users include Chad Loder, an antifascist researcher whose open-source investigation of the U.S. Capitol riot led to the identification and arrest of a masked Proud Boy who attacked police officers. The account of video journalist Vishal Pratap Singh, who reports on far-right protests in Southern California, has also been suspended.
Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk
Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform’s right-wing extremists, like Andy Ngo.
Automated AI-based systems suck.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Daniel in SD
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No, it’s a 30% tax on the internet!
Elon is just trying to create drama and play the victim. There will be a new shocking revelation or shadowy oppressor soon. Stay tuned.
Sure, but frequency matters. If I had to use an adverb of indefinite frequency to describe how often a software update breaks things, I'd say that Tesla's updates usually, normally, or often break stuff, while Apple's updates seldom or rarely do. But you're right, Tesla is better than "always" and Apple is worse than "never".Yeah, but that doesn't apply to all of their products:
Crucial iOS update is breaking iPhones but avoiding it could be worse
IPHONE users are reporting the newest version of iOS 14 is turning their smartphones into useless "paperweights"Apple's macOS Monterey update breaks some computers
Reports of bricked computers suggest it may be worth waiting for better-behaving codeNew Apple MacOS Ventura Update Breaks Security Tools
Apple’s new macOS 13 Ventura update broke third-party security tools for millions of users.www.cyberghostvpn.com
Just a small subset. Don't assume Apple's updates are all perfect (neither are Windows updates from Microsoft) and certainly don't think that Tesla is somehow alone in breaking certain features or functionality with software updates.
Daniel in SD
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Captkerosene
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It was a public demonstration of power. You either have it or you don't. Looks like Elon has it. (Or else maybe Tim invites everyone over to offer big discounts on their service.) Elon needed this done fast and he made it happen. Bravo.
Daniel in SD
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If Elon had the power wouldn't Tim Cook have visited Twitter?
Captkerosene
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Would you have wanted to be seen going to Twitter HQ if you were Cook? The real question is: Who made the call? Cook gets to save face but Elon won.If Elon had the power wouldn't Tim Cook have visited Twitter?
In a way Apple won though too. I suspect they're under a lot of pressure to isolate Musk and Twitter. Having been threatened by DeSantis and McCarthy, Cook can say they were forced into playing nice.
Honestly, I see the opposite. Everything Elon did regarding Apple all looked like weakness:
1) Accuse Apple of threatening to remove Twitter from the app store, without presenting any evidence.
2) Elon makes the dumbest statement possible about Apple hating free speech because they backed off on ads.
3) Elon @tim_cook twitter handle.
4) Elon shows up at the Apple HQ and then thanks Tim
During all of of this, Tim doesn't take the bait and doesn't say anything publicly. It's a 100% clown show from Elon. Nothing about anything he did shows strength or power.
Exactly. The optics are: Musk went to Apple, not vice versa.
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