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Elon knows that Apple is one company that he is completely powerless against. Apple has the visionary founder, all the money in the world, all the power (iPhone

Elon knows that Apple is one company that he is completely powerless against. Apple has the visionary founder, all the money in the world, all the power (iPhone) and hundreds of millions of loyal fans. Apple has all the people with disposable income. Elon is using his tweets to rally his Twitter followers to put pressure on Apple.

smoldesu 4y ago
Just Elon? Everyone is powerless against Apple. If Apple disagrees with you (regardless of who's right) you have no path of recourse.
pr337h4m 4y ago
Not necessarily. If Elon wishes, he can go after (or at least credibly threaten to go after) Apple's core iPhone business with a Tesla Phone. There a lot of conflicts of interests with Twitter, but a phone is a great product for Tesla considered on its own merits. Tesla has manufacturing capabilities and talent that can rival Apple, and crucially a respected brand whose hundreds of millions of fans are even more loyal than Apple. They have a considerable pile of extra cash, which is why a large faction of shareholders has been demanding stock buybacks on a scale of 5-10 billion to pump the stock price. Investing in a smartphone product is probably a better use of cash than pumping the short-term stock price. Developers will rush to the Tesla Phone if it is a skin over AOSP and compatible with Play Store apps (following the Amazon model) and if Tesla doesn't charge a cut of app revenue. They don't have to actually build this, just show that it can feasibly displace over $10 billion of Apple's annual revenue. It's probably better to just bypass Tim Cook and go directly to Warren Buffett and other top shareholders, and ask them if they're willing to risk their cash cow for a totally unnecessary war with Twitter. In the meantime, a pseudonymous hacker called Peorge Potz can release a jailbreak for iOS 16 :)
- pr337h4m 4y ago
  Also, Twitter's mobile web experience is the best among social media platforms. They should immediately stop annoying users with the 'Twitter is better in the app' pop-ups.
  - brokenmachine 4y ago
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is priceless
- pohl 4y ago
  This would be perfectly risible satire, but I suspect you're earnest about this, and I think that's even more funny.
  - smoldesu 4y ago
    Funny, that's the same thing people said when Elon pitched his Twitter bid.
- nradov 4y ago
  Amazon tried that with the Fire Phone and failed. AOSP doesn't do much by itself. Recreating all of the Google Play APIs necessary to have a viable consumer product would be an enormous project.

smoldesu 4y ago

Just Elon? Everyone is powerless against Apple. If Apple disagrees with you (regardless of who's right) you have no path of recourse.

pr337h4m 4y ago

Not necessarily. If Elon wishes, he can go after (or at least credibly threaten to go after) Apple's core iPhone business with a Tesla Phone. There a lot of conflicts of interests with Twitter, but a phone is a great product for Tesla considered on its own merits. Tesla has manufacturing capabilities and talent that can rival Apple, and crucially a respected brand whose hundreds of millions of fans are even more loyal than Apple. They have a considerable pile of extra cash, which is why a large faction of shareholders has been demanding stock buybacks on a scale of 5-10 billion to pump the stock price. Investing in a smartphone product is probably a better use of cash than pumping the short-term stock price. Developers will rush to the Tesla Phone if it is a skin over AOSP and compatible with Play Store apps (following the Amazon model) and if Tesla doesn't charge a cut of app revenue. They don't have to actually build this, just show that it can feasibly displace over $10 billion of Apple's annual revenue. It's probably better to just bypass Tim Cook and go directly to Warren Buffett and other top shareholders, and ask them if they're willing to risk their cash cow for a totally unnecessary war with Twitter. In the meantime, a pseudonymous hacker called Peorge Potz can release a jailbreak for iOS 16 :)

pr337h4m 4y ago
Also, Twitter's mobile web experience is the best among social media platforms. They should immediately stop annoying users with the 'Twitter is better in the app' pop-ups.
- brokenmachine 4y ago
  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is priceless
pohl 4y ago
This would be perfectly risible satire, but I suspect you're earnest about this, and I think that's even more funny.
- smoldesu 4y ago
  Funny, that's the same thing people said when Elon pitched his Twitter bid.
nradov 4y ago
Amazon tried that with the Fire Phone and failed. AOSP doesn't do much by itself. Recreating all of the Google Play APIs necessary to have a viable consumer product would be an enormous project.