Amidst murmurings about attempts to get the Twitter app removed from the Apple and Google app stores, conservative podcast host, Liz Wheeler, suggested that Elon Musk should simply create his own smartphone to compete with iPhone and Android. Musk replied that he would do just that if they pushed him to it. Twitter users seem to like the idea of a ‘Musk Phone’.
MuskPhone? tElonPhone? Tesla Phone? Dogefone?
This could be fun.
We doubt Apple and Google will actually entertain calls to remove the app, or that Musk will have to follow through with releasing his own smartphone, but it would just be one more amusing episode in the story of the billionaire refusing to play their game. There has been speculation about development of a Tesla Phone for some time (the Pi Phone). Will it happen? Who knows.
I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022
It’s not a conspiracy theory. People on the Left have been pushing the idea that Apple and Google should remove the app.
They can’t stand the thought of losing control over information.
The same person who used this platform to call for violence against sitting Supreme Court justices is now quoted in the Washington Post urging Apple and Google to boot Twitter from the app store because what @elonmusk is doing is dangerous.
You can't make this stuff up. pic.twitter.com/qT3Nn2Rvlp
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) November 25, 2022
Many on Twitter were all for the idea.
Make one anyway. There is a market for it, and Apple and Google’s duopoly demands to be toppled.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 25, 2022
You think liberal heads are exploding now? Imagine if Musk became a major player in the smartphone market.
Apple hasn’t innovated since Jobs passed – they think adding woke emojis and different color cases means their phone is ‘new’.
You should challenge this market anyway – there is so much room for a better product.
— 🐥The🐰FOO🌸 (@PolitiBunny) November 25, 2022
‘We’ve improved the camera and you can now include a pregnant man in your text messages.’
Maybe we do need some fresh thinking? LOL.
I would buy this. I’m so sick of Apple and Google being the ideological mafia, wielding its power like a gun https://t.co/fBDI57p8a1
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) November 25, 2022
There would definitely be an ideological customer base, but the phone would have to be a real tech rival as well.
.@elonmusk alternative phone
– starlink connectivity
– twitter installed by default
– privacy focused
– blazing fast connection— James Chad (@jvhak) November 25, 2022
We’re listening …
Yes. I think we need more options than just iPhone and Android. Just hope that the Tesla phone or whatever he comes up with will be better for privacy than Apple/Android.
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) November 25, 2022
It would be nice to have a phone that was entirely locked down by default.
a tesla phone would be a literal burner phone
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) November 26, 2022
Every left winger on Twitter seems to be droning out the same joke: ‘Will my phone burst into flames like Tesla cars? Hur! Hur!’
This guy gets a shout out because he actually made it funny. LOL.
And then @elonmusk should restrict apple and google products from connecting to Starlink. See who last longer 👀. 🍿 https://t.co/dY4Knd8VT4
— AuzSOME Austin (@AuzsomeAustin) November 25, 2022
Begun, the phone war has.
The Ephone!!!!! Do I get royalties for this?!😂😂
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) November 25, 2022
Hmmm … ePhone … that could work.
Doge phone gonna be lit.
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) November 26, 2022
Okay, we like this one. Replace the apple logo with that cute little doggy. Take our money!
Will it have Full Self Dialing?
— Amos Anon (@AmosAnon) November 26, 2022
This is a horrible idea.
‘Honey, I’m home. Work was a disaster today. My boss is such a …’
‘Now dialing Mr. Shirley …’
‘NOOOOOO!!!!’
Just tweeting this will stop any chicanery from Google & Apple. They may be evil but they also don’t want to jeopardise their market share. https://t.co/9NRbdih9lb
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 25, 2022
This editor has serious doubts that Apple and Google will pick this fight. Aside from any potential threat from competitors, it would be bad business to remove one of the leading social media platforms from their app stores. They love money too.
$8 a month blue check, unlimited text, talk, data and I'm in. https://t.co/bn8g49RZUQ
— G (@stevensongs) November 25, 2022
Imagine Siri being replaced with Joe Rogan.
Bring on the Musk Phone, Elon! LOL.
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