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| Musk warns: If the Twitter app is removed I'll make a replacement phone |
Billionaire Elon Musk warned on Friday that he would make a "phone backup" for iPhone and Android phones if Apple and Google decided to remove the Twitter app from their respective app stores.
Given that Twitter has undergone several fundamental changes since Musk acquired it for $44 billion on October 28, including its content review policies, it is very likely that its app will be removed from the App Store.
In a tweet yesterday, Musk responded that Musk would make a smartphone if Apple and Google removed the Twitter app from the App Store, saying, "I really hope it doesn't, but yeah, I will on a phone." - Backup if there is no other option.
Musk didn't detail plans to replace the phone, so the ad could be seen as consumer-friendly, but not to be dismissed. Especially since Musk started The Boring Company because he found waiting in traffic boring and needed to start a company for underground tunnels where cars get out of traffic.
And since Musk is currently the richest man in the world, it is logical to imagine that he could create a smartphone company to compete with iPhones and Android devices. In addition to creating an operating system, it is an integral part of iOS and Android.
While deleting an app like Twitter, one of the most popular social networking apps in the world, isn't easy, companies like: Apple require apps to adhere to policies that keep everyone in check.
This includes rules that require communication apps to have some level of control over the content, otherwise the deletion is doomed to fail, which Apple has already done.
In early 2021, Apple removed the controversial social media app Talk from its App Store for failing to offer verification policies and containing objectionable content. Then Apple allowed the app to go back to the App Store where it made the necessary changes.
Tweets from controversial accounts that violate App Store policies could lead to the app being shut down after Musk announced a "general pardon" for suspended accounts on Twitter on Friday.