wonkothesane

One for each color. I like JL to be representing the blue one….

I see only two options: either he is extremely short-sighted and ignorant, and compromised by his ego.
Or, he is taking his steps to transform Twitter into western WeChat:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23452488/elon-musk-twitter-bank-q-and-a

X.app to come?

Also this:

https://twitter.com/alextopol/status/1588060299650809856

plus his background on PayPal.

From an armchair view it might be easier to have a huge social platform and add payments, as opposed to creating a payment system and search for users.
(Apple could pull this off, bc IMHO all iCloud users were already basically „on the hook“ to some extent.).

I‘d happily continue to use the „hey“ upfront, if i return…
…Siri would be the same across all devices (watch, TV, HomePod, etc.)
…it would significantly improve reliability and speed (esp. on HomePods - „check your Internet connection“ thank you pls)
…finally I could mix two languages
…small things such as gimme the bloody NEAREST location when I look up a place, not the one 3000 miles away
…get shortcut integration right - it‘s hit and miss for me
…allow for a more fluent conversation, including context, or multiple requests in one command, or stuff like „turn off all lights except …“
…you know, make it work, sich that my wife doesn‘t always give me the look when I try to use Siri for something other than „how‘s the weather today“ (which btw yields different results than the weather app)

Next step towards x.app?

libertymatters said:

@Madbum censorship is the way all of authoritarians.  'Disinformation' is just the latest rhetorical trick to make it look like the censors are the 'good guys'. Glad to see you and others are not fooled.  Free speech is a central American value, always has been, always will be.  

You make it sound like there is no border to what free speech encompasses. Is there a „limit“ to what counts as free speech? What about slander? What about personal insulations, or threatening? Request to conduct something illegal? What about values, such as respect and responsibility - aren‘t these things that are a prerequisite for free speech as a value?