Apple Threatens to Deplatform Twitter, as I Predicted 3 days ago

It was actually not a difficult prediction

Igor Chudov

Nov 28, 2022

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Three days ago, I posted this:

Igor’s Newsletter

Will Twitter be Deplatformed by Apple and Google?

Summary: the plot thickens, with activists threatening Twitter with being removed from Google and Apple’s app stores. Will it happen? Read on! Free Speech is Not Impossible Is actual free speech possible? Sure! For an example of a free speech zone, look no further than the comment section of this Substack. The only messages I removed so far are spams…

4 months ago · 405 likes · 413 comments · Igor Chudov

And now this:

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why

Apple will not tell us why, but I know: the people behind Apple and Google cannot survive if free speech is allowed to flourish.

This brings back a much older prediction of mine:

Igor’s Newsletter

Free Speech Threatens the Entire West's Power Structure

I support free speech. This means that I support having as few boundaries on who can say or repeat any idea, as possible. I have been online for decades, moderated some forums, own a popular website serving millions of users, and believe in maximum laxity of moderation…

a year ago · 361 likes · 231 comments · Igor Chudov

Elon is NOT Backing Off

Elon Musk @elonmusk

My bedside table

Elon Musk @elonmusk

The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened …

They will NOT give up without a fight! And they MIGHT win.

Will they win? What do you think?

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el gato malo

Writes bad cattitude

Nov 28, 2022Pinned

apple is getting absolutely dragged on twitter today because, wait for it, they turned off a set of key collaboration tools used by protesters in china ahead of the protests (that included iphone factories) because the government asked them to.

they are not used to people getting to hear about things like this.

old twitter helped them suppress it.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1597286986674769920?s=20&t=kgr-3gGM3BROd5clYhTLag

i suspect they are bristling in response.

i'd be surprised to see them do it. they are already in trouble this Q and banning twitter would cause significant defections.

and you can just use it as a web ap from your phone anyway. it's not like parler where they needed to kill a growing user base.

and musk will get a sideload out.

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Lee Muller

Writes Lee Muller’s Insight is 20/23

Nov 28, 2022Liked by Igor Chudov

And so the sorting begins. Now is the time to pick which side of history to be on if you haven't already.

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