Tesla phones to burn a hole in your picket?

[Old Crank]

Elon may have trouble with Apple and his lack of moderation stance. Same with Google.
With no moderation the EU could ban Twitter also.



Elon Musk says he will create 'alternative' smartphone if Twitter is kicked out of the Apple App Store
Kali Hays Nov 26, 2022, 1:04 AM
Elon Musk looking at his phone.
Musk. AP
Elon Musk is willing to build his own smartphone if Twitter gets kicked out of Apple's App Store.
Apple demands "safety" for users as a condition of apps being on its powerful platform.
With Musk's changes to Twitter's content moderation, it could land outside Apple's rules.

Elon Musk has a simple plan if Apple decides to boot Twitter from the App Store. The billionaire will create his own smartphone.

Musk wrote in a Friday tweet he would "make an alternative phone" to compete with Apple's iPhone if the tech giant ends up blocking Twitter from its powerful App Store.

Since taking over Twitter at the end of October, Musk has made many changes to the platform, including extensive layoffs and firings of personnel, which have led to resignations executives in charge of data privacy and content moderation. Before he offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, Musk criticized Twitter for undermining democracy by failing to uphold "free speech principles" and not long before called himself a "free speech absolutist."

Musk's stance on content moderation is essentially to allow speech that does not violate law. In addition, he is reportedly planning to try and make money for Twitter off of adult content or pornography, similar to the site Ony Fans. Under previous leadership like Jack Dorsey, content moderation was more deliberate and focused on "safety" for users, banning pornography, hate speech and violence. Musk has quickly moved to reinstate a number of users banned for such content, like former president Donald Trump.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-make-his-own-phone-apple-app-store-2022-11

[Iggo]

1. LOL ... "create"

[TheBlackAdder]

30. He'll buy Purism and fly that straight into the ground too.

.

https://puri.sm/

.

[edhopper]

2. He can't get enough software engineers

to keep Twitter going.
Good luck creating a new phone OS, among the most complicated programs around.

[SheltieLover]

3. Maybe he can get pootin to engineer it

You know how great ruskie engineering is.

[Irish_Dem]

10. The Chinese economy is crashing, their college grads cannot get jobs.

Musk might arrange something with China?

[edhopper]

16. They are already his biggest costumer

why not sell out completely to them.

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0a5b51a8354827bb13a783bd59bc6955

[Irish_Dem]

17. Maybe he already has.

[edhopper]

21. He feels

more Putiny.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Russia and China are allies.

If you are friends with one of them, you are friends with the other.

[RockRaven]

4. Like those Patriot Phones (or whatever the name was) which were just cheap phones from China

sold at a huge mark up to suckers.

[Demanchor]

5. There was an article recently posted in DU

Suggesting his purchase of Twitter is for AI development. If he does make a smartphone it would be a good combination with Twitter to help develop his AI dream.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Good point.

I read the article you mention. The AI theory is one I have heard before.

Just the information alone on Twitter is worth something to Russia, China, Saudi.

But now the talk of Musk making his own phone.
Yep, interesting dots beginning to connect?

[PSPS]

11. LOL. Yes, "for AI development." LOL. "his AI dream"

Musk's purchase of twitter was just a tantrum. He didn't like what people said about him, so buying twitter was nothing more than his "revenge." It's the same as trump wreaking revenge for how he was humiliated so many years ago in Queens by becoming president and doing everything he could to destroy the country.

When evaluating musk's motives, you can reliably use trump as the template.

[dembotoz]

15. when will twitter become "aware"

watch out for the terminator teslas

an update of the movie Christine

[jmowreader]

26. I thought they had those already

[RKP5637]

6. Elon, where's it going to work, just on Twitter? Who's going to buy it. Elon's one app phone? n/t

[Trenzalore]

7. I'm sure Apple and Samsung are terrified right now

The first feature a person looks for is whether they can use twitter on their phone.

[PSPS]

12. I and everyone I know have smart phones and not a single one cares about twitter.

[yonder]

8. He's already got a couple of the pieces in place:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_phone

[maxrandb]

13. I can see the Mollusk Phone customer service now

[Disaffected]

14. There are claims Tesla is already working on a phone.

The "Pi phone" has a lot of wizbang features such as Starlink communication and support for "Neuralink".

Of course the possibility that most (all?) of it is and will remain vaporware must not be discounted.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2022/03/17/what-we-know-so-far-about-teslas-rumoured-model-pi-smartphone/

[NickB79]

25. The phone is the easy part

He would have to build an entire app ecosystem on par with Apple's or Google's stores.

No one buys a phone for ONE app. Not even Twitter.

[Disaffected]

29. Of course few would buy a one app phone but,

why would a Tesla phone necessarily be unable to run Android (Google) apps?

[live love laugh]

18. Threatening Apple 🍏 ...

[keithbvadu2]

19. Will his smart phone be as smart as buying Twitter?

Will his smart phone be as smart as buying Twitter?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Model in development

[multigraincracker]

23. With every phone sold, get $15. off on a pair of these.

https://www.wrangler.com/shop/mens-fr-original-fit-jeandark-wash3436-FR13MDW%3A34%3A36.html?msclkid=3d26a518b2bc1eee9502c69a01e6d6ce&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Smart%20Shopping%20-%20Catch%20All&utm_term=4577266910398272&utm_content=Catch%20All&gclid=3d26a518b2bc1eee9502c69a01e6d6ce&gclsrc=3p.ds

from the add. "we take flame resistance seriously".

[Initech]

24. What's Elon going to get for ad support?

Cash 4 Gold? Protein supplements? Trump challenge coins? Whatever company makes the end times buckets of goo they sell on the Jim Bakker show? My Pillow promo codes? That seems to be all that the MAGAs have left.

[jmowreader]

28. Guns, guns and more guns

[Kennah]

27. Early prototype