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This wasn’t true: https://twitter.com/twolivesleft/status/1288625617873694721?s=21 https://twitter.com/twolivesleft/status/1288625617873694721?... Recanted the

• xsmasher 6y ago
  Ugh. This factoid is now stuck in a bunch of memories though, and they're swear it's true the next time it gets debated.
  • anonytrary 6y ago
    To go deeper into the rabbit hole, lots of people dislike Apple, so this tweet could have been a calculated effort to further tarnish Apple's reputation. Plan: 1. Create fake news that X people see. 2. Wait until X is large. 3. Delete fake news, use "plea ignorance" apology to save face, that Y (Y << X) people see. Congrats you now have a large number of people who now have an even worse opinion on the subject of the news. Repeat steps to cause even more damage.
    • zymhan 6y ago
      Yeah, but it's Apple. That's a drop in the ocean.
    • threeseed 6y ago
      Or be like the Hey app. Pretend to be the victim, whip up a whole lot of free PR sympathy and then make the minor change to the app and resubmit whilst no one is paying attention.