The business mogul's opening up to more 'free speech' on Twitter may have ruffled some feathers.
"Half the country[U.S.] would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?" she asked."I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone," said Musk, responding to the thread.
Both Google's and Apple's policies permit the removal of apps from their respective stores if they contain sexually explicit material, bullying or other forms of harassment, or hate speech.The rumors gained new ground after a prominent Apple executive in charge of the App Store deactivated his Twitter account over the last weekend.
Schiller, an Apple fellow and former top marketing executive for over 30 years at the company, had over 200,000 followers on his Twitter account, which was started in 2008.The account was shortly deleted after Musk commented on App Store fees being excessively high. "App store fees are obviously too high due to the iOS/Android duopoly. It is a hidden 30% tax on the Internet," Musk
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