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Elon Musk has a solution if Google and Apple bounce Twitter from app stores: Make his own phone! [1]

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Date: 2022-11-27

But instead of tapping the brakes as he speeds toward a brick wall of his own making, he’s doubling down. And if Apple and Google bounce Twitter from their app stores just because it’s becoming a viper’s nest full of Nazis, MAGA mites, and other virulent racists (Musk recently opened the floodgates, letting Donald Trump and other users who previously violated Twitter’s rules back on the platform), he’s gonna make them pay. Oh, yes, he most certainly will.

Gizmodo:

This week alone, Musk polled Twitter users over whether he should provide “general amnesty” to suspended accounts and got into a public fight over whether the disgraced founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, owns a part of Twitter. On Friday, Musk was at it again, telling people that he may make an alternative phone to face off against Apple and Google. The tech billionaire’s comments were made, naturally, in response to a tweet directed at him by conservative podcaster and former OANN host Liz Wheeler. On Friday afternoon, Wheeler tweeted that Musk should make his own phone if Apple and Google decide to kick Twitter off their app stores. Twitter’s future in Apple and Google’s app stores has been a hot topic lately, given Musk’s commitment to “free speech”—as long as it doesn’t offend him—and lax content moderation.

x If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right? — Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) November 25, 2022

For the nontweeters:

If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?

Uh huh. As everyone knows, creating your own smartphone from scratch is a doddle. There’s nothing to it. Most of us made phones as kids by taking two empty tin cans and connecting them with a piece of twine. This would be just like that, except with the potent gonad-shriveling power of 5G.

Naturally, Musk responded in a quintessentially Musk-ish fashion.

x I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022

For the nontweeters:

I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone

Good to know! But as Gizmodo points out, Musk is hardly unacquainted with vaporware.

While Musk has declared his intention to build his own phone should Apple and Google cross him, it’s important to remember that this man says a lot of things that don’t end up happening. Remember the Tesla Semi, which is three years past deadline? Or the Cybertruck, which turned out not to be bulletproof in a live demonstration? Heck, the only reason he owns Twitter is because he couldn’t figure out a way to get out of the deal.

There’s always a chance Musk will pull his own fat out of the fire despite himself, but if canning everyone who makes your company great—or even viable—is the sum total of his “genius,” we may seriously need to think about redefining that word.

I won’t be buying the MuskPhone—or a Tesla, for that matter. And when it comes time to resettle on Mars, I’ll be seeking alternative transportation.

But hey, knock yourself out, Elon. Maybe you can start a Twitter employee/neo-Nazi exchange program. Every time a Twitter worker is fired or quits, you can invite one more Nazi in. Assuming they’re not all already inside your big circus tent.

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