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Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.
Apple is one of many major brands that have paused advertising on X at
least once, with others including Disney, Coca-Cola, Sony, IBM, Comcast,
and more. Disney and many other brands have cautiously returned to advertising on the platform since.
Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, and rebranded the platform as X the
following year. Under his ownership, X has taken a softer approach to
content moderation, allowing extremist views to proliferate on the
platform. Also, disgraced rapper Kanye West made a series of racist and sexist posts on X last week, before deactivating his account.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook, and other senior executives at the company like marketing chief Greg Joswiak, have maintained a presence on
Twitter-turned-X ever since Musk acquired the platform.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-13 14:09, badgolferman wrote:
Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a >>> year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in >>> November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk. >>>
Apple is one of many major brands that have paused advertising on X at
least once, with others including Disney, Coca-Cola, Sony, IBM, Comcast, >>> and more. Disney and many other brands have cautiously returned to
advertising on the platform since.
Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, and rebranded the platform as X the
following year. Under his ownership, X has taken a softer approach to
content moderation, allowing extremist views to proliferate on the
platform. Also, disgraced rapper Kanye West made a series of racist and
sexist posts on X last week, before deactivating his account.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook, and other senior executives at the company like
marketing chief Greg Joswiak, have maintained a presence on
Twitter-turned-X ever since Musk acquired the platform.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/
Yup.
That's how the descent into a dictatorship begins...
Explain.
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:Sure they do.
On 2025-02-13 14:33, badgolferman wrote:
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
On 2025-02-13 14:09, badgolferman wrote:
Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a
year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in >>>>> November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.
Apple is one of many major brands that have paused advertising on X at >>>>> least once, with others including Disney, Coca-Cola, Sony, IBM, Comcast, >>>>> and more. Disney and many other brands have cautiously returned to
advertising on the platform since.
Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, and rebranded the platform as X the
following year. Under his ownership, X has taken a softer approach to >>>>> content moderation, allowing extremist views to proliferate on the
platform. Also, disgraced rapper Kanye West made a series of racist and >>>>> sexist posts on X last week, before deactivating his account.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook, and other senior executives at the company like >>>>> marketing chief Greg Joswiak, have maintained a presence on
Twitter-turned-X ever since Musk acquired the platform.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/
Yup.
That's how the descent into a dictatorship begins...
Explain.
Apple is kowtowing to Musk because he is in a position to do them harm.
See if you can figure the rest out on your own.
You don’t think Apple wants all the advertising exposure they can get? There is a very large audience on X they can tap into.
On 2025-02-13 14:33, badgolferman wrote:
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
That's how the descent into a dictatorship begins...
Explain.
Apple is kowtowing to Musk because he is in a position to do them harm.
See if you can figure the rest out on your own.
Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-13 17:46, badgolferman wrote:
Alan wrote:Failure to answer my second question...
Sure they do.Apple is kowtowing to Musk because he is in a position to do
them harm.
See if you can figure the rest out on your own.
You don’t think Apple wants all the advertising exposure they
can get? There is a very large audience on X they can tap into.
But if that's the case, why do you think they pulled their
advertising in the first place?
And while you're thinking about that:
Do you think they'd be advertising on X again...
...if Biden had won the election?
Apple withdrew their advertising on X because everyone else was
doing it and they had to follow suit or be ridiculed and boycotted.
Just like any politician or conglomerate, they wet their finger and
hold it up to see which way the wind is blowing. They are doing
the same now.
My answer was all encompassing. Think about it.
Alan wrote:Failure to answer my second question...
Sure they do.Apple is kowtowing to Musk because he is in a position to do them
harm.
See if you can figure the rest out on your own.
You don’t think Apple wants all the advertising exposure they can
get? There is a very large audience on X they can tap into.
But if that's the case, why do you think they pulled their
advertising in the first place?
And while you're thinking about that:
Do you think they'd be advertising on X again...
...if Biden had won the election?
Apple withdrew their advertising on X because everyone else was doing
it and they had to follow suit or be ridiculed and boycotted. Just
like any politician or conglomerate, they wet their finger and hold it
up to see which way the wind is blowing. They are doing the same now.
Alan wrote:
Apple is kowtowing to Musk because he is in a position to do them
harm.
See if you can figure the rest out on your own.
You don’t think Apple wants all the advertising exposure they can
get? There is a very large audience on X they can tap into.
Sure they do.
But if that's the case, why do you think they pulled their
advertising in the first place?
And while you're thinking about that:
Do you think they'd be advertising on X again...
...if Biden had won the election?
Apple withdrew their advertising on X because everyone else was doing
it and they had to follow suit or be ridiculed and boycotted. Just
like any politician or conglomerate, they wet their finger and hold it
up to see which way the wind is blowing. They are doing the same now.
Alan wrote:
Failure to answer my second question...
My answer was all encompassing. Think about it.
It's one of the biggest problems with Tim Cook - he keeps using his
position at Apple to publicise his own political beliefs. Businesses
must be neutral and stay out of politics, and the management shouldn't
drag the business into their personal opinions.
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
It's one of the biggest problems with Tim Cook - he keeps using his
position at Apple to publicise his own political beliefs. Businesses
must be neutral and stay out of politics, and the management shouldn't
drag the business into their personal opinions.
Tragically naive.
On 2/14/2025 7:08 AM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
Americans are always naïve. This is a genetic disposition.
That is also what makes them so dangerous.
Hilarious! George is showing his true colors again.
Americans are always naïve. This is a genetic disposition.
That is also what makes them so dangerous.