It was inevitable. Glad I could support Tweetbot and Twitterific by buying/subscribing to their apps. Twitter is a garbage dumpster. Will be moving to Mastadon and looking forward to Tapbots and Iconfactory's apps for that platform
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No, but that's unrelated and irrelevent to this discussion?
Musk cannot run a company with positive earnings that's not either based on a government contract or government subsidy.
Tesla- Government subsidies in the form of tax rebate credits and carbon credits.
SpaceX - Government contracts
Solar City - Government subsidies and tax credits
Boring Company - Government contracts.
Nueralink may be the only one not directly funded in some manner by the US Government however its directly benefiting from Musk's other companies that are Government funded.
He might be the single biggest corporate welfare beneficiary in US history.
Its like all his business plans were based on getting money from the Government.
Whatever you think of Peter Thiel he was the brains behind PayPal which lead to a big payday for Musk.
Musk didn't start and was not a founder of Tesla. Through litigation he eventually was allowed to use the title founder.
Its been reported that he deceived banks and the US Government in order to secure funding for Tesla.
Tesla- Government subsidies in the form of tax rebate credits and carbon credits.
SpaceX - Government contracts
Solar City - Government subsidies and tax credits
Boring Company - Government contracts.
Nueralink may be the only one not directly funded in some manner by the US Government however its directly benefiting from Musk's other companies that are Government funded.
He might be the single biggest corporate welfare beneficiary in US history.
Its like all his business plans were based on getting money from the Government.
Whatever you think of Peter Thiel he was the brains behind PayPal which lead to a big payday for Musk.
Musk didn't start and was not a founder of Tesla. Through litigation he eventually was allowed to use the title founder.
Its been reported that he deceived banks and the US Government in order to secure funding for Tesla.
I don’t use Twitter a lot. Just to follow some people or businesses like MacRumors.
But now I’m forced to use Twitter’s own app, I really have to look hard for tweets I want to see in between all the ads and promoted Twitter accounts.
If they don’t let tweetbot back on soon, I’m just going to delete my Twitter account
But now I’m forced to use Twitter’s own app, I really have to look hard for tweets I want to see in between all the ads and promoted Twitter accounts.
If they don’t let tweetbot back on soon, I’m just going to delete my Twitter account
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No. No, I will never give this "ah shucks, you just made a mistake" pass to this guy. Absolutely not. He "lost" a fortune because he had too much to begin with and can't seem to understand when to stop. Maybe I'd be more empathetic if he'd check in to a gamblers anonymous type establishment.
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Excellent points! I wonder if Elon Musk is planning on making his first payment for the loan he took out to purchase Twitter.
Elon Musk's first Twitter debt payment is due, amid risks including bankruptcy
The first debt repayment for Musk's Twitter takeover could be due as early as this month, according to the Financial Times.
markets.businessinsider.com
So it was Tesla who originated the idea of faking their promo videos, not Nikola. 🤣I mean, this story just came out today:
Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.www.reuters.com
He's been a fraud all along.
I'm guessing that this is more about some unauthorized use of the APIs than it is about the CEO. Shut them all off, get it sorted out, and only then turn them back on. I can't see this lasting for very long. Oh and I hope everyone realizes that API usage bypasses ad revenue. So when the APIs come back on be prepared.
I've used Tweetbot since it came out. I used Tweetie before that. I guess I'm just done with Twitter. I only used Twitter because I didn't have to deal with all the extra _crap_ that the default app shows. Guess Reddit is my primary source of social media now.
Thank you Twitter for helping me end the addiction!
with what devs?
the problem here is that there are "smaller" (in terms of usage) apps that are still working... Elon in his "wisdom" banned the most popular (usage wise) apps
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Excellent points! I wonder if Elon Musk is planning on making his first payment for the loan he took out to purchase Twitter.
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Elon Musk's first Twitter debt payment is due, amid risks including bankruptcy
The first debt repayment for Musk's Twitter takeover could be due as early as this month, according to the Financial Times.markets.businessinsider.com
He might have to charge $9 a month then...
Of course, he fired the person in charge of editing the pricing page's HTML.
So.....
Yup, Tweetbot are not working. Haven’t checked the 'dumbbbbird' for quite some time. Who cares 👋🏼
That Elon comes on worse and worse, no surprise, at all 🤑🤐
That Elon comes on worse and worse, no surprise, at all 🤑🤐
I think it's about $$$ as there are no ads or promoted tweets shown on Tweetbot.
The most hilarious part to me about this is that HE bought, brought, and stuck the match of his self-immolation.
...Absolutely DESTROYING HIS REPUTATION by HIMSELF...
Is the chef's kiss on this whole digital Hindenberg fiasco.
...Absolutely DESTROYING HIS REPUTATION by HIMSELF...
Is the chef's kiss on this whole digital Hindenberg fiasco.
I had a feeling this was going to happen. But I figured the people using a third party twitter app were in the minority so they wouldn't care so much. I guess Elon really wants to get that extra 1% of revenue from third party app users. These third-party apps have got more and more harder to use over the years, with missing features and twitter limiting their tokens causing some developers to limit their userbase by mandating a recurring subscription to use the app. That being said, Fenix is still working for me.
Elon can do whatever he wants - it's his company. I just find it funny he preached free speech and censorship and has done more banning and censorship than the old Twitter ever did.
It doesn't matter though. All these stories are deck chairs on the Titanic. Twitter will be bankrupt before the end of this year, and it doesn't look like there is much that can be done to avoid it at this point.
So Twitter engages in some cancelling, using the tried-and-true "violates some policy" reason, but doesn't explain the policy. Hmm. Is that new?
Funny how now it's the time to be upset about it.
Source?
Funny how now it's the time to be upset about it.
Source?
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No; I think we know perfectly well why.
Of course, this happened a few days after Tweetbot charged me for my annual subscription. Not their fault. Looking forward to trying the Mastodon client they are working on.
Here's the lack of strategic thinking that baffles me. Musk could have done the following:
- Call in the leads of the major client apps and discuss a rule change: Show our ad stream unless the account is a blue subscriber.
- Define a date for this announcement to the public with an expected client update xxx months later.
- Define a sunset date where twitter will break for apps that fail to update to the new rules.
Twitter is ... Twitter. I don't like it and I don't like the way it is managed today.
But...
But any third party app that lives 100% from Twitter system and data (or from anybody else's) and has no contrat with it is to expect such an end.
But...
But any third party app that lives 100% from Twitter system and data (or from anybody else's) and has no contrat with it is to expect such an end.
Im giving Mastodon a try now. So far so good.
Crazy how one person can turn a entire site so negative so fast.