Elon Musk says users on X, formerly Twitter, will lose ability to block unwanted followers, eliminating key safety feature

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It’s already been noted elsewhere that this will directly violate Apple’s and Google’s app store policies. The X app should be immediately pulled as a result.

A single character app name also violated Apple’s policies until a few weeks ago, so…

Just shows that if you're rich enough laws, regulations, and even the rules & procedures of private companies need not apply.

Hahah, Google and Apple lack the backbone to do this.

@silvercove @CaptObvious

Probably easier just waiting for X to go bankrupt.

Elon Musk has enough money to keep Twitter alive indefinetely.

It isn't clear that he does. If he did, he wouldn't have needed to dupe ::ahem:: "persuade" investors to bankroll his takeover.

@silvercove

Yes, but seeing as he didn't just use his money to buy the damned thing in the first place, why would he do it to save the company now?

Literally look at how much attention it's getting him!

Never mind the real goal - he's got an established far reaching platform, he doesn't care about those leaving it, he cares about those staying, that's who he's pandering to - the bigots and the companies openly willing to do business with bigots. And he now has his own media outlet that is aimed directly at them.

People think he's just some clueless manchild, and while he is the latter, he's definitely not the former, he knows exactly what he's doing, and that's building up an empire to secure his power indefinitely.