Twitter, Facebook and Google are the new big brother

and china represents a billion user growth market, which makes for a lot more interesting market than any other economy in the world right now

@Tracos I don’t but they are trying to censor Parler
That is censorship

@Driver2 not its not. the app stores are commercial private platforms. if a supermarket refuses to sell a particular product its not considered censorship either, right? there is no difference. this is what freemarket implies.

@Tracos your missing it , maybe I’m not explaining it well

@Tracos Apple threatened to take the app off their platform then right after that Google did the same

@Driver2 perhaps neither of us is :)

but: if you would want to use parler on an android device I'm sure you can load it as an APK, but without all the malware checks and other quality controls that the play store provides. thats the open nature of android.

iOS devices are more protected, because apple owns total control over what apps you can install. again: the perks of opting into a private commercial platform

@Tracos thanks I had no idea 🤷‍♀️

@Driver2 please be careful when side loading unverified APKs ! theres a lot of malware injected into smartphones that way....

@Stereoguy I think Google tried to buy Parler because they have a commercially interesting userbase. Good for Parler for sticking to their principles. and they are dropping it (among other reasons) because they have no commercial interest in supporting it. They are a commercial organization with commercial motives, and have a right to their own interpretation to their position in society.
but again: if you really want to use it their are APKs available that you can install on any android device (just consider the risks involved when it comes to unverified software)