Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account

[Mac Fly (film)]

i don't even understand what people are outraged about. he bought it and owns it, and wants to improve it and everyone is upset because he allows people on there that you have a disagreement with. where is all this self-righteousness coming from? most twitter users are secular so they don't even have a justification for their fake moral codes

Reports of Twitter's death have been greatly exaggerated.

 

[Mick-Mac]

Honestly, I really liked Musk and everything he did for the world up until the moment he started getting political and belly-flopped into the Twitter cesspool. The game changing things he could have done for humanity with 44 billion dollars...

 

[MrRom92]

I support and applaud his move, but I hope he uses his newfound free time off of Twitter to finally add proper FLAC support to iOS

 

[LeeW]

If Schiller is making a political statement, that will be the end of his Apple career I suspect. Apple as you all know is very sensitive to the staff at any level but essentially that level deviating from their (Apple) norm.

As for Trump, he is all in with Truth Social. To go back to Twitter is like saying Truth Social is no good. But being the loose cannon he is, you never know what he will do next 🙂

 

[currocj]

I also strongly suggest shorting the stuffing out of TSLA. I’ve made quite a bit doing that recently.

But I thought the fate of the world and human existence depended on Tesla converting us to EVs from moral unacceptable fossil fuel burning cars? Why bite the hand that saves you?

 

[coachgq]

Even Trump has rejected Twitter. Nothing is more pleasing than watching Musk flush $44 Billion down the toilet.

Really? You don’t think him just donating that 44B to homeless shelters would have been better?

 

[2010mini]

I did the same thing.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

I support and applaud his move, but I hope he uses his newfound free time off of Twitter to finally add proper FLAC support to iOS

He doesn't work for Apple for a couple of years.

 

[jjudson]

Many will realize life can still be productive and have meaning without Twitter and the like.

I don't give a crap about Twitter -- and have never joined it.

I do, however, find it hilarious that people think Musk will make a cesspool out of the site. Twitter has been a cesspool for years. So one set of cesspool muckrakers will now leave and another set of cesspool muckrakers will move in.

 

[DrJR]

I quit all social media in 2014 as it is absolute trash. I even ditched LinkedIn, minus a dead work account for LinkedIn learning; it feels rather unprofessional to be exposed on those large platforms.

 

[2010mini]

Twitter is at an all time high. Trump will post, just wait.

Twitter is delisted.

 

[CarAnalogy]

That took courage.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

If Schiller is making a political statement, that will be the end of his Apple career I suspect.

Schiller stopped working for Apple two years ago.

 

[BootsWalking]

Really? You don’t think him just donating that 44B to homeless shelters would have been better?

I think Peter Pan flying down from the sky to eradicate poverty would've been better, and just as likely.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Really? You don’t think him just donating that 44B to homeless shelters would have been better?

Oh please. It’s not like Musk spent $44B of his OWN money. It’s leveraged through loans & investors. The only thing of his OWN that he put up, was the stake he held in Twitter already (approx. $4B)

 

[timshundo]

It’s a security issue. No one’s data is safe/guaranteed private there anymore. No rules.

 

[CasinoOwl]

Twitter is a mess right now. I deleted my account too. The noise is louder than the usefulness over there. Elon's bro fanbase can stay behind and enjoy their c.j.

 

[CapitalIdea]

Oh please. It’s not like Musk spent $44B of his OWN money. It’s leveraged through loans & investors. The only thing of his OWN that he put up, was the stake he held in Twitter already (approx. $4B)

I think he is in for more like $13B in total.

 

[coachgq]

I think Peter Pan flying down from the sky to eradicate poverty would've been better, and just as likely.

Now that’s mature.

 

[coachgq]

Oh please. It’s not like Musk spent $44B of his OWN money. It’s leveraged through loans & investors. The only thing of his OWN that he put up, was the stake he held in Twitter already (approx. $4B)

You probably meant to send this to the post that I replied to.

 

[HMI]

Proudly Twitter / Facebook free since 2011!!! 😎

 

[LeeW]

Schiller stopped working for Apple two years ago.

Yeah, but he still has a role to play with the firm as a fellow.

 

[ceriess]

But I thought the fate of the world and human existence depended on Tesla converting us to EVs from moral unacceptable fossil fuel burning cars? Why bite the hand that saves you?

Elon Musk is a fraud. I like my BMW.

 

[ceriess]

you could've done that with the whole stock market this year and done well

Feels better taking it from Elon.

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

Now it’s Facebook that needs to go away or change completely. MySpace was a much better social media because it wasn’t nowhere near as toxic. The whole status updates is what ruined everything.