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Apple pulls Parler from the App Store. Google removed it yesterday from theirs. This will effectively kill it.

Cue right-wingers mistakenly claiming this is a violation of the 1st Amendment.

Quote: ams288

Apple pulls Parler from the App Store. Google removed it yesterday from theirs. This will effectively kill it.

Cue right-wingers mistakenly claiming this is a violation of the 1st Amendment.

Can't you access it via a web browser?

Quote: Evenbob

I forgot to mention that
when DC and PC become
states, that will add two
more permanent Dems to
the Senate.

All of this has been planned
for a lonnnng time, Trump
winning just stopped it for
awhile.

No. He accelerated it.

Quote: Dalex64

Can't you access it via a web browser?

Of course, and you can get the
app other places. You can get
it from Parler soon. You don't
need an app, just bring the
site up on your phone.

Quote: Tripdufan

No. He accelerated it.

I think so too. They perceive the republicans as having stolen two supreme court seats. (I think they stole only one)

PR statehood I think is a lot more likely than it was 4 years ago. DC is more likely too, but I think they might find a way to move the borders of MD instead of making a new state there.

Quote: Dalex64

Can't you access it via a web browser?

Yep. Won’t prevent its inevitable shuttering. It’s only a matter of time. Social media can’t survive without an app accessible on iPhone and Android.

Quote: ams288

Yep. Won’t prevent its inevitable shuttering. It’s only a matter of time. Social media can’t survive without an app accessible on iPhone and Android.

I'm not so sure of that. They may have lost the apple devices, but on android, you can install apps from other stores and in other ways.

Also, I can access facebook on my phone through the browser, in addition to the app.

Now THIS would kill it, at least for a little while.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/01/09/amazon-employees-demand-company-drop-parler-after-capitol-riot.html

Employees want amazon to stop proving AWS (Amazon Web Services) compute power (basically hosting) for parler.

The main hurdle for starting a
media platform is building name
recognition. Trump has that built
in, billions of people know who
he is. This guarantee's him an
audience of 10's if not hundreds
of millions worldwide. He'll have
no trouble finding right wing
backers, it's a sure fire money
maker. There are plenty of
advertisers who won't be bullied
away from a built in audience
that large. Trump News, Trump
News Network, something like
that.

Quote: Dalex64

Now THIS would kill it, at least for a little while.

Amazon pulled the plug. CEO of Parler:

"We will try our best to move to a new provider right now as we have many competing for our business, however Amazon, Google and Apple purposefully did this as a coordinated effort knowing our options would be limited and knowing this would inflict the most damage right as President Trump was banned from the tech companies. This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the market place. We were too successful too fast. You can expect the war on competition and free speech to continue, but don’t count us out.”