Earlier, Twitter user Liz Wheeler had tweeted, “If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?”
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Responding to the tweet, Musk wrote: “I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone.”
@Liz_Wheeler I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1669415114000
Subsequently, several users expressed their thoughts on Musk’s post.
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“Let me know where I can pre-order one,” tweeted user @davidgokhshtein.
@elonmusk @Liz_Wheeler Let me know where I can pre-order one.
— David Gokhshtein (@davidgokhshtein) 1669416688000
Meanwhile, Musk has said
Twitter will launch its new, Verified services next Friday, after a series of delays and mishaps over fake accounts.
Twitter had earlier suspended the $8 subscription programme to combat the growing problem of users impersonating major brands. Twitter Verified is Musk’s attempt to distinguish between different classes of users, and drum up revenue.
