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Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account
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Everyone loves to watch a train wreck.
The pettiness and trying to ‘stick it to Elon’ is really something to behold. How one man can ruffle so many feathers is beyond me. It’s a social media platform. Apparently we have it so good in our lives that who owns a particular social media platform has become a major problem.
it’s cringe and macrumors always shows which side it aligns to
I’ll guess Phil Schiller is hardly threatened by opposing views. Too much social media is based on ”court of public opinion” that is shaped by misinformation and lies. A “fairer place for all” is “fair” only when truthful information rules the day.
I deactivated my account last night as well. I have no problem with opposing views, unless they are completely mean-spirited, ignorant, and bring out the worst in everyone. If Elon wants Trump back on Twitter, that's his prerogative. He paid $44 billion, he can whatever he wants with it. I just have no interest in being advertising revenue for him.
When people like Phil and news organizations stop using the platform, you know there's a huge problem. Unfortunately Musk has head up his arse and is unlikely to notice this and continue making stupid decisions until the whole thing collapses on his head.
sorry but no it’s an overreaction virtue signaling
Snowflakes and Bunny Hill babies are bothered by Musk now when they used to love him. Apple has no standing to judge others and Schiller is just a spoiled brat trying to play to his audience. If you have courage and principals you stay and model the behavior you believe in, you do not run away tossing pejoratives (implied or stated) over your shoulder.
For the record, I'm staying. A lot of people I like are on Twitter and are also staying. I'm genuinely worried for the future of the platform though, because Musk seems to be making huge decisions that don't make any sense.
Who knows, maybe everything will be fine. But I think the platform would have benefited from Elon taking things a bit slower, and not being a total ******* to his employees.
how funny your first thoughts just like most people here on macrumors and reddit are just wanting censorship to remove the app from appstore . Haven’t you learned from Gab that tactic doesn’t work
Like most people, you clearly know extremely little about any group that isn’t your own.
False.
My anecdotal example: I quit Facebook years ago and have never returned. I quit Twitter (I’d been on it almost since the beginning) the day Musk took over. I won’t be back.
I’m not unique in this regard. Twitter is not a necessary utility. It’s a crap-show. A home for trolls.
Mr. Trump was not censored. Censorship involves government intervention. Twitter is not a government organization. It’s a business. As a business it can allow or deny anyone it wishes. It is not obligated to allow any content on its services.
Let’s get the terms right at the very least. Like him or hate him, Trump was not censored. In fact he simply started his own platform to rant on.
Now I wish I had a twitter account just so I could delete it in protest.
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Elon really thinks he rules the world, eh?
Um, yes he was. He was banned from the platform. What world are you living?
If Elon said that he loved democrats, none of this backlash would happen.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
when a government communicates to many social apps and businesses to censor a person and topic (covid) then yes it’s censorship
Just so you know the Apple slogan was about the Crazy Ones not the Looney Ones.
He was also one of those that was more on the creative side of things within Apple's executive ranks. Maybe he is just doing the proper due diligence and getting his affairs in order before he does what so many others have already done... which would be smart. He is in the executive suite and sees the attitude the executive management and internal power brokers are trying to implement into the group at that level... he never seemed like the parasite Wall Street type, so him getting out soon only makes sense.
Apple's Phil Schiller, responsible for Apple events and the App Store, has deactivated his Twitter account following recent developments on the platform.
Article Link: Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account
Of course if its about the other thing, I am okay with that too.
Not a twitter user, but I'm pretty sure they banned Trump because of he broke the terms of service by posting covid disinformation, election lies, and content that incited violence and an insurrection. It's never been just a "disagreement".
Speaking purely in technical terms, Democrats are just Early Adopters and Republicans are people who are still pissed that Apple no longer sells a macbook with a dvd drive.
So Phil was fine with everything Twitter did up until this point? Like Twitter banning and censoring conservatives and doctors who raised questions over the last few years? Guess we have learned a lot about Phil today.