From "Elon Musk is as 'wrong as you can get' on Apple criticism, says Jim Cramer" which aired Tuesday on CNBC:
CNBC's Jim Cramer and the 'Squawk on the Street' team discuss shares of Tesla and Apple after Elon Musk claimed the iPhone maker threatened to remove the Twitter app from the App Store
My take: What Cramer said.
(apologies to Willis Alan Ramsey and Captain & Tennille)
Advertisers have the freedom to choose where they run ads.
Legal limits to freedom of speech are broad. Platforms are free to set more narrow moderation rules.
Everyone has the freedom to reach their audience through thousands of paths, including web access on all smartphones (except in countries with censorship).
Stores, virtual or physical, are free to set their own fees and policies for reselling others goods, subject to monopoly laws, which required proof of abuse, not just market power.
Why did he not mention them? Maybe because, it exposes his mistakes. Maybe because he hopes to get them back. Maybe because Apple-bashing is too easy, appeals to weak minds.
Yep. It’s the “Squirrel!” gambit. Deflect attention to something else….
It’s as old a gambit as Divide and Conquer.