Donald Trump’s new social media adventure, Truth Social (“truth”, ed), launched in Apple’s App Store last Sunday, marking the former president’s return to social media after being banned from multiple platforms last year.
The app is now available for download in the US and was automatically downloaded to Apple devices belonging to users who pre-ordered it.
For now, some users have reported having problems registering their account or have been added to a waitlist with a message: “Due to the massive request, we have put you on our waitlist.”
The galaxy of “alternative” social networks is struggling to shine
Led by former US House of Representatives Devin Nunes, Trump Media & Technology Group (Tmtg), the firm behind Truth Social, joins a growing portfolio of tech companies that are positioning themselves as “champions of free speech” and hope to attract users who believe their views have been censored by more established platforms.
But so far none of the new companies, which include Twitter competitors Gettr and Parler and video site Rumble, have come close to the popularity of their traditional counterparts. “
«This week we will begin to be present on the Apple App Store. It will be fantastic, ”Nunes said in a Sunday appearance on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. “Our goal is to be fully operational by the end of March at least in the United States.
Tmtg is still a mystery
TMTG remains largely shrouded in mystery and is viewed with skepticism by some in tech and media circles. It is not clear, for example, how the company currently finances itself. TMTG plans to go public in New York through a merger with blank check firm Digital World Acquisition Corp (Dwac) and will receive $ 293 million in cash that Dwac holds in a trust, assuming no Dwac shareholder redeems their shares. , as Tmtg stated in a press release on 21 October. In addition, in December, TMTG raised $ 1 billion in funding from private investors; which however will not be available until the closing of the DWAC agreement.