Google and Apple are the only two app services in the world.
Google has removed Parler, and Amazon is threatening to take their website down. Apple has given Parler 24 hours to implement A moderation plan or the application will be removed from the App Store.
The CEO, John Matzke responded to Apple last night: We will not respond to pressure from anti-competitive actors. We will and have always enforced our rules against violence and illegal activity. But we WON’T cave to politically motivated companies and those authoritarians who hate free speech.
https://twitter.com/mozilla/status/1347633954497548289 It reminds me of an IT contractor, who eventually got a job with the company, who asked me HOW I could be Conservative. She couldn’t understand how ANYONE who was tech savvy would NOT be liberal. It REALLY stuck with me because the natural inclination is, What the Hell does TECH have to do with politics. I wonder who… Read more »
As soon as I trace Parler’s site to Amazon I feared what would come next. They would have a good Anti-Trust case against Google and Apple but it takes time and money, plenty of it. That alone could be enough to wipe out the company even though this is precisely the reason for that Act. Gab does have their own… Read more »
The comrades believe that they are entitled to your personal data. The local budget shopper closeout store gets surly when I decline their loyalty card offer with the I have no email or sailfawn (cellphone). It is the truth and not just the default surliness. When they get snappy I say that is so flattering that you take time out… Read more »
If you have to download an app, and supply a phone number, you shouldn’t be using the media.
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No app, no numbers, no censorship
The tech giants are really beginning to act like the monopoly Trusts and the robber barons back in the late 18 hundreds.They seem like different companies but in fact are collaborating covertly to form information monopoly and eliminate competitors.They are trying to bring down Parler so their Twitter,Facebook and other platforms wouldn’t have to face competition.
I have an idea. If Parler cannot be downloaded from Google and Apple APP stores，we can set up a website for downloading Parler’s data packet and distribute the two dimensional code or the so called QR code in image format that links to the website page.