Twitter CEO Elon Musk plans to remove a Twitter characteristic that gives particulars on what system a tweet was despatched from, data that has gotten Android promoters in scorching water a number of instances over the previous a number of years.
Musk mentioned in a tweet this morning that Twitter can be eliminating the road that claims “Twitter for iPhone” or “Twitter for Android,” as it is a “waste of display screen area.” He mentioned that “nobody even is aware of” why the characteristic was launched within the first place.
Gadget particulars have been used a number of instances to catch staff selling Android-based smartphones from their iPhones. In 2019, for instance, a Huawei worker wished Huawei followers a contented new yr, however used an iPhone to take action. A screenshot of the tweet went viral, and the workers concerned have been demoted for inflicting “harm to the Huawei model.”
Samsung staff have tweeted Samsung promotions from iPhones a number of instances through the years, and celebrities have additionally gotten into hassle. Actress Gal Gadot, for instance, sang the praises of her new Huawei Mate 10 Professional whereas tweeting from an iPhone.
It’s not clear when the system labels can be eliminated, however as of proper now, the characteristic remains to be in place. Musk additionally mentioned that he has instructed Twitter staff to show off unspecified “microservices” bloatware, as “lower than 20% are wanted for Twitter to work.”
And we’ll lastly cease including what system a tweet was written on (waste of display screen area & compute) under each tweet. Actually nobody even is aware of why we did that …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 2022
Musk final week carried out his new $8 Twitter Blue subscription service, which gives a verification badge that was beforehand restricted to verified people. It resulted in fast chaos with quite a few folks paying $8 to impersonate firms and movie star accounts. Insulin maker Eli Lilly, for instance, noticed its inventory fall greater than 4 p.c after a verified account impersonated the corporate and introduced that insulin was free. One other particular person impersonated LeBron James and introduced he was requesting a commerce, whereas one more account impersonated Nintendo and tweeted a picture of Mario making a impolite gesture.
Twitter ended up pausing the Twitter Blue verification quickly, and individuals are not in a position to buy Twitter Blue subscriptions at the moment. Twitter has been contemplating one other “Official” verification badge, and it isn’t but recognized how the corporate will resolve the issue.
