That’s arguable. Besides the fact that twitter was founded a year before the iphone was even announced, mobile, networked computers we can fit in our pockets dr

That’s arguable. Besides the fact that twitter was founded a year before the iphone was even announced, mobile, networked computers we can fit in our pockets drove the creation/adoption of all those things. The app store helped facilitate, sure. But can you really argue they would not have appeared without an app store? What if phones were more like desktops used to be where I can freely install whatever I want from wherever I want? It was that environment that spawned the host of chat apps that preceded twitter and the rest.