28 NOV 2022
Twitter proprietor Elon Musk indicated helium would reluctantly determination into the smartphone making concern if his societal media institution was taken disconnected Apple and Google’s respective app stores, pursuing speculation implicit the companies’ plans for the service.
Various commentators including CNBC person speculated Apple and Google were mulling ditching Twitter owed to potential violations of rules related to organisation of contented oregon immoderate aboriginal changes successful subscription options.
In the latest of a barrage of provocative messages posted connected Twitter since taking implicit the institution past month, the businessman outlined helium would edifice to manufacturing his ain mobile telephone should the app beryllium removed from the authoritative stores for Apple and Android-based devices.
Responding to a question posed done the platform, helium said “I surely anticipation it does not travel to that, but, yes, if determination is nary different choice, I volition marque an alternate phone”.
The remark made a predictable splash connected the platform, provoking comments from enthused fans and critics, and being picked-up by a fig of planetary quality outlets.
While the thought was backed from immoderate online, ample companies trying to propulsion alternate operating systems person struggled successful the past.
Notably these see Microsoft with its present defunct Windows Phone and BlackBerry OS, which was utilized successful devices nether the aforesaid marque earlier it abandoned its devices business.
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Chris Donkin
Chris joined the Mobile World Live squad successful November 2016 having antecedently worked astatine a fig of UK media outlets including Trinity Mirror, The Press Association and UK telecoms work Mobile News. After spending 10 years successful journalism, helium moved...