Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/08/01/twitter-for-mac-disappears-from-mac-app-store.html
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If only this was just the first step in the right direction.
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Maybe don’t use it at all?
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I suppose that as long as Musk is making his minimum payments, Prince Bonesaw and the other funders are happy to leave the rotting hulk in place as a haven for fascists, racists, and disinfo tr0lls.
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Heinlein’s Lazarus Long said “Never try to out-stubborn a cat.” Some of us are cats. I was on Twitter before Elmo, and I’m not going anywhere. I’m elsewhere, too, but I will also be on Twitter, muting and blocking every single ad, to snark him as the raging Boer is dragged out of the building by his feet.
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Bug or feature? 
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I use Twitter to check a few accounts, NYT Pitchbot, mostly. I don’t use the app, just go to the website and go from there. This affects me not at all.
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That seems like a lot of work for little gain.
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It turns out it wasn’t removed, they put the link in the top corner, but for some reason every time you click on the ‘X’ the window just closes.
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How on earth are they still getting $2.5 BILLION in ad revenue? Do incels and alt-right weirdos really have that much money?
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I never have, nor Facebook / Meta.
I’ve got my RSS Feed Reader and a bunch of forums / comments sections I partake in, and that’s all I need.
Fuck Social Media.
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Well, counterintuitively, it’s actually also the laziest thing I can do.
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PSA: Do not install X (Twitter) iOS version on your Mac. You will get suspended!
Elon Musk must really hate the macintosh.
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It’s satisfying in a way, like when downvoting & reporting tons of spamming scammers on yt vids…unless yt reinstates them, which is beyond infuriating.
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You think they give a shit about your opinion?
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And just what is Boing Boing, chopped liver?
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Sorry. Dunno what I was thinking, typing that.
It is difficult to overstate the levels of laziness and inertia inherent in big-brand marketing departments. Yaccarino’s core competency is recognising and exploiting this fact.
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Loyalty is for family, friends, and causes worth believing in.
Twitter is a glue trap. It’s a Nazi bar. It’s a killzone for trollies, a valley that’s only exposing you to enfillade fire.
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