Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X - Unseen Japan
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Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X.

article headline: Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X

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Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they’ll no longer be able to receive them on X.

  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    TL;DR: X’s rate increases are costing the service about ¥6 million per month. As that is very expensive, they would rather spend their money developing their own platform and using a free social media platform to disseminate information.

    ”…move our operations onto different platforms will eventually only result in the same outcome as this time and therefore will not be considered.”