In a post on the platform, Nunes also said Truth Social has
not yet been approved for launch in the Google Play store for Android devices.
"End of May we will launch PWA (Web Browser) this will
allow access from any device," Nunes wrote. "After that we will
launch an Android App... pending approval from Google!”
Availability in the Google Play and Apple App stores is key
to the app's ability to scale up.
Truth Social's parent company, Trump Media & Technology
Group (TMTG), launched with the mission of standing up to Big Tech, after Trump
was kicked off Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for allegedly inciting or
glorifying violence during the January 6 US Capitol riots.
Yet the social media venture is limited by its reliance on
Alphabet-owned Google and Apple, which operate app stores that dominate the
smartphone market.
Truth Social launched in the Apple App store on February 21
and was for a time the most downloaded free app there. It was number two on
that list on Monday.
Trump began posting on the site late Thursday, for the first
time since he posted one “truth” — as posts are called — on February 14.
TMTG is planning to go public through a merger with blank-check
firm Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC). The deal is under scrutiny by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is likely months away from being
finalized. © Reuters