Apple, Google cashed in on Pizzagate-offshoot conspiracy app ( pizzagate )

submitted by MeatballPizza

Relevant as it discusses major companies making $ off an app -- and bashes Pizzagate.

An app promoting a conspiracy theory featuring Hillary Clinton and a child sex ring lingered at the top of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store for months, with both tech giants receiving a cut of the revenue in the process.

The app, called “QDrops,” sends alerts about a conspiracy theory called Qanon, an offshoot of the “pizzagate” fiction that claimed Clinton was running a child sex trafficking ring out of the basement of a Washington pizza shop that didn’t even have a basement. Like many conspiracy theories, Qanon got its start on 4chan, an anonymous posting site that is a seedbed for extreme thought and a large number of online subcultures.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/exclusive-apple-google-cashed-pizzagate-offshoot-conspiracy-app-n891726

PrincessDeprogrammed

It's real, and honestly the q researchers on 8Chan-Reddit all want the exact same thing as this board. I would know lol;)

septimasexta

Obviously pizzagate research is a thorn in globalist flesh. They continually try to discredit us. A recent VOAT post on the Welch visit to Ping Pong and cp on Comet hard drive drew over 3500 views. It was loaded with evidence that Welch's storey didn't add up. The tomato sauce is stored in nearby Alefantis owned BASEMENT. Comet has a 2nd story. What goes on up there? Fatherhood? I digress. The MSM admits QAnon app (not directly related to Pizzagate) is at the TOP. Bad news for MSM. Apple and Google are smarter than a Red Hen. $$$$$$

noworldorder

When I see mainstream news trash Q like this, it only lends more credibility to it. I'm still on the fence about whether it's a larp or if it's real.

bernitdown

Faaaaakkkkkeee and gay

twistedmac11

How does Apple and Google finding a way to make money off of Q lend credibility to Q? If anything, that says Q is no threat to them, and the fact that he's being promoted by these companies should make you think twice about believing he's the real deal.

cantfindmenow

The article says that after NBC approached Apple about the app, Apple pulled it from their app store. Could be seen as the MSM quietning Q and also gives an opportunity to trash pizzgate etc in this article. I don't think Apple and Google went out their way to promote Q. An app developer made an app that is pretty basic - apps are made in their thousands each day. Some of the apps that find their way onto the stores are shady af and illegal. Theres too many to monitor at times. Once the Q app got big, sure Apple and google would have been aware of it. But theyr making a buck off it so dont really care if it pushes a conspiracy theory (plenty of other apps do!) until NBC comes along and gives them a little threat of bad press so they obligingly remove it. Google play is a bit more liberal than apples store, which is why they probably ignored NBCs request for comments.

BB-3

I've got my fingers crossed that Q is the real deal, but I'm fully prepared to be let down.

derram

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Apple, Google cashed in on Pizzagate-offshoot conspiracy app

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