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Honestly, if it wasn't for Musk' ties to Trump, I'm betting they just would have pulled it.

afavour 6mo ago
Yeah, reading this my reaction is “so why didn’t they do it?”. A less prominent app would have been fulled first and notified later.
- polski-g 6mo ago
  Because it makes Android a more attractive option than it otherwise would have been.
  - throwaway27448 6mo ago
    Maybe—I don't think anyone is choosing between the two based on access to grok of all things. I think it's simply treated as an extension of twitter, which will almost certainly never be forced out while it remains the premier app for diplomacy and AI porn.
  - nozzlegear 6mo ago
    That argument didn't stop them from pulling Fortnite in its hay day though.
    - etchalon 6mo ago
      Yeah, Apple doesn't care about losing money or pissing off a large user-base. They assume they have enough money and they'll always have the larger user-base. They care about people pissing in their ocean.
- deepfriedbits 6mo ago
  It has a massive user base. And political connections. And lawsuit money. Apple (and Google) will absolutely treat these publishers differently than a random app developer.
- kotaKat 6mo ago
  Apple doesn't provide any enforcement for apps that are in the top percentile. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/how-the-rewards-app-freecash-scammed-its-way-to-the-top-of-the-app-stores/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/how-the-rewards-app-freeca... You'd think Apple would go after the top-charting apps that are leveraging the scam companies (like Monopoly Go and Disney Solitaire) for actively engaging with scams like this to pump their own numbers up... (https://old.reddit.com/r/FreeCash/comments/1i4132r/monopoly_go_offer/ https://old.reddit.com/r/FreeCash/comments/1i4132r/monopoly_... - like this. What the everloving hell? Straight up enticing users to shove themselves into a game, expose themselves to ads galore, and then keep goading them into blowing even more money in the partner app under the guise of 'real cash'.)
throwaway27448 6mo ago
Twitter is already a bit of a special case because porn is so accessible (although, you must opt in through the browser and cannot opt in through the app).
- nozzlegear 6mo ago
  Discord works the same way I think, so I'm not sure Twitter is special in that regard (there exist a myriad of porn servers on discord, and the company is constantly getting in hot water because of its popularity among kids/teenagers).
  - throwaway27448 6mo ago
    Does discord have its own public servers serving porn? i can't say I've ever used it.
fatata123 6mo ago
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Yeah, reading this my reaction is “so why didn’t they do it?”. A less prominent app would have been fulled first and notified later.

polski-g 6mo ago
Because it makes Android a more attractive option than it otherwise would have been.
- throwaway27448 6mo ago
  Maybe—I don't think anyone is choosing between the two based on access to grok of all things. I think it's simply treated as an extension of twitter, which will almost certainly never be forced out while it remains the premier app for diplomacy and AI porn.
- nozzlegear 6mo ago
  That argument didn't stop them from pulling Fortnite in its hay day though.
  - etchalon 6mo ago
    Yeah, Apple doesn't care about losing money or pissing off a large user-base. They assume they have enough money and they'll always have the larger user-base. They care about people pissing in their ocean.
deepfriedbits 6mo ago
It has a massive user base. And political connections. And lawsuit money. Apple (and Google) will absolutely treat these publishers differently than a random app developer.
kotaKat 6mo ago
Apple doesn't provide any enforcement for apps that are in the top percentile. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/how-the-rewards-app-freecash-scammed-its-way-to-the-top-of-the-app-stores/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/how-the-rewards-app-freeca... You'd think Apple would go after the top-charting apps that are leveraging the scam companies (like Monopoly Go and Disney Solitaire) for actively engaging with scams like this to pump their own numbers up... (https://old.reddit.com/r/FreeCash/comments/1i4132r/monopoly_go_offer/ https://old.reddit.com/r/FreeCash/comments/1i4132r/monopoly_... - like this. What the everloving hell? Straight up enticing users to shove themselves into a game, expose themselves to ads galore, and then keep goading them into blowing even more money in the partner app under the guise of 'real cash'.)

throwaway27448 6mo ago

Twitter is already a bit of a special case because porn is so accessible (although, you must opt in through the browser and cannot opt in through the app).

nozzlegear 6mo ago
Discord works the same way I think, so I'm not sure Twitter is special in that regard (there exist a myriad of porn servers on discord, and the company is constantly getting in hot water because of its popularity among kids/teenagers).
- throwaway27448 6mo ago
  Does discord have its own public servers serving porn? i can't say I've ever used it.

fatata123 6mo ago

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